Manuel Morga Ph.D.
Lead Economic, Finance and Governance Advisor
Dr. Manuel Morga is a seasoned senior public administration and governance reform and international development professional, economist, finance, and budget management consultant, social development specialist, educationist, and human and institutional capacity development mentor, Dr. Morga is a competency and results-based technical systems expert in: public financial management including procurement, human resource management and civil service administration, decentralization and local government planning and finance, sustainability performance, monitoring and evaluation, organizational reforms, capacity building and training, strategic planning, policy analysis, and change management, project management, development cooperation and program coordination, operational and delivery services at sectoral, central and local government levels, among others. His professional experiences along these transformative and people-centric technical contexts are solutions-driven using collaborative, adaptive, and stakeholders-ownership of social impact. Prominent craft in his professional practice demonstrates a weaving of social inclusivity geared towards human rights, equality, and dignity harmonized with integrity, transparency, accountability, and sustainability in specialized thematic areas in the public sector.
Dr. Manny Morga has over 40 years of combined international professional experience working with government authorities, donors, civil society groups, and other stakeholders, as a team leader, key advisor, regional economic / finance and human resource program manager, lead consultant, and key expert of international development financing outfits including the World Bank, the EU, ADB, JBIC, AusAID, USAID, UNDP, among others, in volatile or post-conflict and developing economies in Africa, Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia and Central Europe. He has over ten years as a former Senior Officer with 28 years in the Department of Budget and Management (Philippines). His professional practice also allows him to share his expertise as an economics, public administration, and development studies professor in many Graduate Schools since 1977 in the Philippines. Dr. Morga has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Commerce, a Major in Management, and a Master of Arts in Public Administration degree.