Hyun Son

Hyun Hwa Son is a principal evaluation specialist in the Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Before joining ADB in March 2007, she was a poverty specialist at the United Nations Development Programme. She also worked for the World Bank in Washington D.C. And held an academic position at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. She has published more than 30 articles in international journals including Economics Letters, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Inequality, Review of Income and Inequality, and World Development, among others. She has written three books—Economic Inequality and Poverty (2022) by Oxford University Press, Social Welfare Functions and Development: Measurement and Policy Applications (2016) by Palgrave Macmillan; and Equity and Well-Being: Measurement and Policy Practice (2011) by Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. She has also edited a book on Economic Growth and Poverty (2018) published by Edward Elgar. She has a Ph.D. In Economics from the University of New South Wales and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University.