Joseph Bulan

Associate Statistics Analyst, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB

Joseph serves as one of the focal persons for poverty and inequality. He is also part of the team compiling various indicators for the Key Indicators for the Asia and the Pacific report. Prior to joining ADB, he was a Statistical Specialist at the Philippine Statistics Authority where he also worked with the compilation of socio economic statistics such as poverty, MDG/SDGs and small area estimation. He earned his Bachelor of Statistics in the University of the Philippines Los, Banos.

Asia’s poor were hit hard by the pandemic. Photo: ADB

Your Questions Answered: How Has the Pandemic Affected Asia’s Poor?

ADB statisticians Arturo Martinez and Joseph Bulan answer questions about how the pandemic has affected poverty in Asia, based on their research for Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2022.

Arturo Martinez, Joseph Bulan

We are Just Now Discovering How Devastating COVID-19 Has Been for the Very Poor

To cope with the pandemic, Asia’s poor are missing meals and selling their assets. Governments need to target policies toward the most vulnerable in order to stave off long-term damaging impacts.

Arturo Martinez, Joseph Bulan