Herminia A. Francisco

Dr. Herminia A. Francisco is the Director of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). EEPSEA receives funding support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)of Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). She leads the Program in developing capacity for environmental economics research to address priority environmental and natural resource use problems in the region. Prior to taking her post as Director of EEPSEA, she was stationed in Cambodia for two years where she managed the capacity-building training and research grant activities for select institutions in Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam. Her written works dealt on economics of soil erosion and conservation, pricing of environmetal services, and institutional issues governing management of common pool resources. She co-edited two books that feature the collection of environmental economics research works in Vietnam and the Philippines. She taught for several years at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos and was also involved in providing consultancy services to several international organizations prior to joining EEPSEA.