Peter Morgan

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Peter Morgan

Asian Development Bank

Senior Consulting Economist and Vice Chair for Research

Peter Morgan joined ADBI in December 2008. Previously he served in Hong Kong, China as Chief Asia Economist for HSBC where he was responsible for macroeconomic analysis and forecasting for Asia. Before that, he was Chief Japan Economist for HSBC and held comparable positions at Merrill Lynch, Barclays de Zoete Wedd, and Jardine Fleming. Prior to entering the financial industry, he worked as a consultant for Meta Systems Inc in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States specializing in energy and environmental areas, including energy policy issues in Asian countries, and at International Business Information KK in Tokyo specializing in financial sector consulting. His research focuses are macroeconomic policy and financial sector regulation, reform, financial development, financial inclusion, fintech, financial literacy, and financial education. His recent publications include Financial Inclusion, Regulation, Literacy, and Education in Central Asia and South Caucasus and The Determinants and Impacts of Financial Literacy in the Lao PDR. He earned his MA and PhD in economics from Yale University.