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Angelica Maddawin

    • Economics

      • Adjunct Assistant Professor

        Programs

        • Undergraduate

Areas of Expertise

Development Economics; Applied Econometrics; Impact Evaluation; Household Survey Analysis; Poverty and Vulnerability; Social Protection and Safety Nets; Climate Risk and Resilience; Agricultural and Rural Development; Financial Inclusion; Health Economics; Causal Inference and Randomized Evaluations.

Teaching Interests

Development Economics; Health Economics; Econometrics; Statistics for Economics; Impact Evaluation Methods; Poverty and Inequality; Public Economics; International Development; Economic Development in Asia; Research Methods and Data Analysis.

Research

Angelica Maddawin is a development economist whose research focuses on poverty dynamics, household risk and vulnerability, social protection, climate resilience, and financial inclusion in developing countries. Her work applies econometric and impact evaluation methods using household survey and experimental data to examine how policies and programs affect vulnerable populations. She has conducted research related to cash transfer, irrigation, disaster resilience, and education outcomes in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Representative Publications

Maddawin, A., & Kazushi Takahashi (2025). Do cash transfers mitigate risks and crowd out informal insurance? Evidence from a randomized experiment in the Philippines. New Tab The Philippine Review of Economics, 62(1), 77–111.

Maddawin, A., & Kazushi Takahashi (2025). The mitigation effects of irrigation rehabilitation on climate variability and water scarcity: Evidence from a randomised experiment in the Philippines. New Tab Journal of Development Effectiveness, 17(4), 543–558.

Maddawin, A., Peter Morgan, Albert Park, Daniel Suryadarma, Trinh Q. Long, & Paul Vandenberg (2024). Learning disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from household surveys in Southeast Asia. New Tab International Journal of Educational Development, 107, 103053

Education

  • PhD in International Development Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), 2024
  • Master of Arts in Development Economics, University of the Philippines, 2018
  • Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of the Philippines, 2011

Previous Appointments

  • Research Associate, Asian Development Bank Institute
  • Consultant in Research Department, Asian Development Bank
  • Research Analyst, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
  • Research and Survey Consultant, World Bank

Professional Associations

Philippine Economic Society (PES)