Bruno Carrasco

Director General concurrently Chief Compliance Officer, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank

Bruno Carrasco leads ADB-wide knowledge, innovation, policies and strategies in all thematic and sector operation areas and ensures compliance with environment and social safeguards policies. He oversees the administration of trust funds and global funding initiatives and provides advice to Management on strategic and policy matters, work plans, and major operational matters. He joined ADB 23 years ago and has served in countries across all its regional departments. He holds a doctorate degree in economics from the University of Essex.

亚太经济体要从疫情带来的影响中快速恢复，必须提高税收效率。图片：马修·诺兰（Matthew Nolan）

要实现疫后复苏，亚太经济体须完善税收体系

提高征税效率有助于各经济体在疫后改善资产负债表，同时促进商业投资和可持续经济增长。

Bruno Carrasco, John Versantvoort, Daisuke Miura

Effective tax collection is needed to help Asian economies come roaring back from the pandemic. Photo: Matthew Nolan

Asia-Pacific countries must improve revenue collection to rebound from COVID-19

Collecting taxes more efficiently allows countries to improve their balance sheets after the pandemic while promoting business investment and sustainable economic growth.

Bruno Carrasco, John Versantvoort, Daisuke Miura

The pandemic has highlighted the need for a renewed focus on building critical infrastructure.

A sustainable recovery depends on quality infrastructure investment

COVID-19 has hit the entire globe at once, slowing investment in resilient infrastructure that will improve lives over the long term. Effective governance is critical to ensure infrastructure projects are well planned, funded, and implemented.

Bruno Carrasco, Hanif Rahemtulla, David Bloomgarden

Government workers are crucial to the effort to effectively respond to COVID-19. Photo: ADB

Southeast Asia needs high-performing public sector to beat COVID-19

To respond to the challenges of the pandemic and deliver services effectively, a professional civil service needs to build the values, culture and skills required to respond to complex demands and challenges.

Hanif Rahemtulla, Bruno Carrasco

Data from traffic apps in Southeast Asia indicate that urban mobility has a significant impact on the spread of COVID-19. Photo: Thor Alvis

Using urban mobility and big data to track the pandemic

An analysis of data from popular transit applications indicates that there is a relationship between increased mobility and COVID-19 cases, but more information is needed to make a definitive link.

Stephanie Sy, Hanif Rahemtulla, Bruno Carrasco

Artificial intelligence’s successes and failures are providing lessons on how to develop solutions during the pandemic. Photo: Andy Kelly

Artificial intelligence and machine learning in the time of COVID-19

Researchers are finding new uses for artificial intelligence and machine learning during the pandemic, but they are not a silver bullet.

Woochong Um, Bruno Carrasco, Stephanie Sy

With post-pandemic re-opening of economies, Asia’s infrastructure projects are getting back on track. Photo: Yancy Min.

Quality must prevail in post-pandemic infrastructure development

As Asia and the Pacific comes out of the crisis with significantly larger public debts, their infrastructure investments will need to be efficient, affordable, and sustainable.

Bruno Carrasco, Hanif Rahemtulla

The poor and vulnerable in Asia need help quickly to survive the economic impact of COVID-19. Photo: Chitto Cancio

We need to act swiftly to avoid further economic damage from COVID-19

With timely and well-targeted programs, policy makers can prevent the health crisis from deepening into a wider economic and financial crisis. This could sow the seeds of economic recovery.

Good governance is as important as financing when it comes to quality infrastructure, such as public roads.

Why infrastructure governance matters

The delivery of services – such as clean water, reliable public transport, schools and hospitals – through economic and social infrastructure is among the most important functions of government. Resources must be well spent to ensure quality.

Bruno Carrasco, Edwin Lau

Governance involves the delivery of basic services that people need to survive. Photo: ADB

What is governance?

Governance can be a complex, broad topic but its basic underlying definition is deceptively simple.

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