Emiliano Bolongaita

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Emiliano "Emil" P. Bolongaita is a Filipino academic, anti-corruption advocate, and international development specialist. He is currently a Principal Knowledge Specialist (Innovation) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). [1] He formerly served as Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon University Australia (CMUA) and holds the title of Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. [2] [3]

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Career

Carnegie Mellon University Australia

Bolongaita joined Carnegie Mellon University Australia in August 2013 as Deputy Executive Director and was appointed Executive Director in 2014. [2] He led the campus until it announced the wind-down of operations in June 2022, citing the impact of COVID-19 and changes in the international higher education market. [4]

Asian Development Bank

Prior to his appointment at CMUA, Bolongaita held senior roles at the Asian Development Bank. He served as Unit Head of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) and as a Public Management Specialist in the Bank's South Asia Department. [3] After leaving Carnegie Mellon Australia, he returned to ADB as Principal Knowledge Specialist (Innovation) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department. [1] [5]

World Bank and USAID

Bolongaita worked at the World Bank as director of the Global Distance Learning Program on Anti-Corruption in Asia-Pacific. [3] He also headed the Public Sector Governance Group of the Economic Governance Technical Assistance Program at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Philippines. [6]

Academic positions

In his academic career, Bolongaita has been a visiting professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, taught public policy at the National University of Singapore, and served on the faculty of the Asian Institute of Management. [6] [7]

Anti-corruption advocacy

Fighting corruption in developing countries has been central to Bolongaita's career. [3] He is co-editor and contributor of Challenging Corruption in Asia: Case Studies and a Framework for Action, published by the World Bank in 2004. [8] In 2010, he authored a comparative study of anti-corruption agencies for the Chr. Michelsen Institute's U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, examining why Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission succeeded while similar bodies in other countries did not. [9]

Bolongaita serves on the board of Integrity Initiatives International (III), a non-governmental organization advocating for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court modeled after the International Criminal Court. [3] [10]

Awards

In 2004, Bolongaita received the inaugural Kroc Institute Distinguished Alumni Award for an anti-corruption project he oversaw in Manila, Philippines. [3] [11]

Education

Bolongaita received his PhD in Government and International Studies and a Master of Arts in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame (1989). [3] [12] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. [12]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Emil Bolongaita - Principal Knowledge Specialist (Innovation), Climate Change & Sustainable Development Department - Asian Development Bank". LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 Edwards, Verity (2 July 2014). "Carnegie Mellon's Adelaide campus 'is now viable'". The Australian. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Emil P. Bolongaita - 1989". Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Changes at Carnegie Mellon University - Australia". Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Delegation Eyes Sustainable Collaboration Opportunities". Mirage News. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Combating grand corruption in PH: Political will not enough, institutional reforms critical". Xavier University. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Dynamic and Transformative Change: ZSDM's Dev@Work Series Addresses Important Multi-sectoral Issues". Asian Institute of Management. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Bhargava, Vinay K.; Bolongaita, Emil P. (2004). Challenging Corruption in Asia: Case Studies and a Framework for Action. Directions in Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. ISBN   978-0-8213-5683-8.
  9. ↑ Bolongaita, Emil P. (2010). An exception to the rule? Why Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Commission succeeds where others don't - a comparison with the Philippines' Ombudsman (Report). U4 Issue 2010:4. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Integrity Initiatives International". Integrity Initiatives International. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni Award". Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Emil P. Bolongaita | CMU Australia". CMU Australia. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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