PROFILE-DR.ELISABETTA MARMOLO

Born in Italy in 1961, E. Marmolo obtained her B.A. in
Political Science
from the University of Naples (Magna Cum Laude) in
1984.

After several research and teaching assignments in Italy
- with
the CNR and the LUISS University of Rome -,
she was awarded the Luigi Einaudi
Foundation Fellowship
for economic studies abroad.

She obtained her
M.A. (1990) and subsequently her Ph.D. (1993) in Economics
from George Mason
University, Northern Virginia, U.S.A.

She specialized in public finance
and public choice,
and wrote a dissertation entitled "Externalities and
Public Goods
in a Constitutional Logic: A Reexamination of Mobility and
Zoning."

Since 1993, she has been working at the Asian Development Bank
(ADB)
in Manila (Philippines) on issues of development policy and
strategy.

While at the ADB, she has authored several papers,
and
recently provided inputs in the book entitled
"Emerging Asia: Changes and
Challenges,"
the ADB's flagship publication for its thirtieth
anniversary.