Teresa J. Ho

Professorial Lecturer

Education

  • Ph.D. in Food Research (Applied Economics), Stanford University, Food Research Institute, 1980
  • M.A. Economics,  University of the Philippines Diliman, 1974
  • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics,  cum laude, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1971

Research Interests

  • Health policy, health economics, economics of social policy

Teaching, Research, and Other Positions (partial list)

  • Professorial Lecturer, University of the Philippines, School of Economics (as of June 2006)
  • Consultant / specialist in health policy, health economics, economics of social policy (as of June 2006)
  • Retired from World Bank (after 26 years of service as economist/ human development specialist/health specialist) (as of May 6, 2006)
  • Member, Technical Steering Committee (TSC), Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO, Geneva, since November 2010
  • Consultant, Expert to prepare final write up of the proposed WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) for the Philippines, WHO (Philippines), 16 September 2010 to 31 January 2011
  • Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Technical Assistance Project to Prepare Support for Conditional Cash Transfers in the Philippines, Asian Development Bank, 1 February to 30 September 2010
  • Member, Regional Advisory Panel (RAP) for Asia and Pacific, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva, since March 2009
Selected Reports and Publications
  • Human Development for Peace and Prosperity in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, November 2003, Human Development Sector Unit, East Asia and the Pacific Region, World Bank
  • “Eastern European hospitals in transition” (with N. Ali-Zade), eurohealth, Volume 7 No 3 Special Issue Autumn 2001.  LSE Health and Social Care and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
  • Priority-Setting for Health Care, June 1998 (presented at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Summer Course on Health Care Policy and Planning in Eastern Europe, June 1998, Dubrovnik, Croatia)
  • Health Sector Strategy Note: Russian Federation, September 30, 1997, Human Development Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank
  • Martorell R. and T. Ho.  “Malnutrition, morbidity and mortality”. Population and Development Review. 1984; 10 suppl:49-68
  • Martorell R.and T. Ho. Maternal Nutrition, Child Nutrition and Child Survival, 1983, Population, Health and Nutrition Department, World Bank
  • Meesok O, W. McGreevey. and T. Ho. Living Standards Surveys and Human Development, 1983, Population and Human Resources Division, Development Economics Department, World Bank
  • Jamison D., F. Trowbridge and T. Ho. Food Availability and Nutritional Status of Children in China (with), 1982, Population and Human Resources Division, Development Economics Department, World Bank