My Expertise
I am a development economist with particular focus on the economies of emerging Asia and on areas of social policy and ageing, including mcro-fiscal, pensions and social protection, labor markets, human development, and health and aged care.
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Fields of Research (FoR)
Public economics - publicly provided goods, Welfare economics, Government and politics of Asia and the PacificSEO tags
Biography
Philip (Pip) O’Keefe is Professor of Practice at the University of New South Wales Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). He leads a policy research program on societal ageing in Asia, covering issues from macro-fiscal, to labor markets, social protection, health and care, silver economy, and inequality and ageing. Between 1993 and 2021, he worked at the World Bank, most recently as Practice Manager for Social Protection and Jobs for...view more
Philip (Pip) O’Keefe is Professor of Practice at the University of New South Wales Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). He leads a policy research program on societal ageing in Asia, covering issues from macro-fiscal, to labor markets, social protection, health and care, silver economy, and inequality and ageing. Between 1993 and 2021, he worked at the World Bank, most recently as Practice Manager for Social Protection and Jobs for EAP region. Prior to that, he was Lead Economist based in Washington DC, Beijing, New Delhi, Budapest and Sydney. Between 1989 and 1993, he was Lecturer at the University of Warwick, UK.
My Qualifications
BA (Hons), Sydney University
LLB, Sydney University
LLM, London School of Economics
MSc., Oxford University
My Research Activities
I am a development economist and lead the research stream on Ageing in Asia within the Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), which sits within the School of Economics under the Business School.
My research interests focus primarily on emerging economies of Asia and the various dimensions of societal ageing, and their social and economic implications. This includes macro-fiscal impacts of demographic transitions, labor markets and upskilling across the life course, pension and social protection systems, health and long-term care systems, silver economy, and inequality and ageing. I also undertake regular consultancies with organizations such as World Bank and Asian Development Bank. Prior to joining CEPAR in 2021, between 1993 and 2021, I worked at the World Bank where I led analytical and policy advisory work on various aspects of social policy with around 20 countries in East and Southeast, South and Central Asia, the Western Balkans, and Pacific Islands, as well as investment and budget support lending operations.