The Jose Edgardo Campos Award ONLY a handful have heard of Dr. - TopicsExpress



          

The Jose Edgardo Campos Award ONLY a handful have heard of Dr. Jose Edgardo “Ed” Campos. Fewer are those who know and recognize his contributions in governance and the public sector community. For the uninitiated, Dr. Campos has held a number of high-profile positions, most recently, as manager for the World Bank Institute’s leadership program. He had also served as adviser to the World Bank Institute’s vice president on governance and political economy and practice manager for governance. Prior to this, Campos served as governance advisor for Bangladesh at the World Bank in Dhaka, lead public sector specialist and coordinator of the Bank’s Governance and Anticorruption Thematic Group. He also worked at the Asian Development Bank as a senior economist, providing advice and guidance on governance-related activities and programs. Back in 2010, Campos served as senior strategy adviser for public sector reforms at the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), where he helped develop and implement a strategy to support efforts to reform government procurement and tax administration. In 1996, he co-authored the book, “The Key to the Asian Miracle: Making Shared Growth Credible”, which won the Charles Levine Prize for best book on comparative politics the following year. Truly, Manong Ed, as he was affectionately addressed by those close to him, was a pillar within the banking sector – always striving hard to make a difference, taking several years away from his bank career to return and work for the Philippine government where he helped secure the passage of the 2003 Government Procurement Reform Act. Campos passed away on April 10 in Dunn Loring, Virginia, USA. In his memory, the World Bank announced that the new governance global practice will create the Jose Edgardo Campos Award. This award will honor bank staff who follow in Ed’s footsteps by returning to their countries of origin to advance the cause of governance reform. The World Bank currently employs nearly 400 Filipinos. They constitute the sixth largest nationality represented at the group. They will all have a hero and inspiration in Dr. Campos, a man worthy of emulation.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:24:36 +0000

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