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Rafael April Rivera

Lecturer

Raffy currently serves as a Deputy Team Leader and Urban and Environmental Planning Specialist for the Regulatory Reform Support Program for National Development (RESPOND), a project being implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and UP Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation, Inc. (UPPAF). 

He is a member of Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP), Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP), Planning and Development Research Foundation, Inc. (PLANADES), and a research fellow of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).


Educational Background

AB Humanities, University of Asia and the Pacific

MS Industrial Economics, University of Asia and the Pacific

PhD (candidate), School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Research Interest

  • Urban Economics
  • Environment and Resource Economics
  • Climate Change Economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Economics of Competition

Selected Publications

  • Basilio, E. and R. Rivera. (2023). Promoting Collaborative Governance through Convergence Programs in Road Infrastructure Development. Philippine Journal of Public Administration (PJPA).
  • Rivera, R. and H. Lidasan. (2021). Enhancing Transport Policy Framework to Address Impacts of Pandemics in Southeast Asia: The Case of the Philippines. Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS)
  • R. Rivera, et al. (2018). Examining the Factors of Modal Shift to P2P: The Case of SM Masinag-Greenbelt 5 Route. Transportation Science Society of the Philippines.

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