Dr. Acram A. Latiph is the Executive Director of the Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao and a Professor of the Department of Economics, Mindanao State University – Marawi Campus. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Economics from San Beda College, MS Finance from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Advance Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Executive Master Public Policy from the Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, New York, and his PhD in Development Economics from the Australian National University. His PhD Dissertation “What’s Wrong with Mindanao? The Unequal Development in the Philippines” is nominated to ANU Award for Academic Excellence of the Australian National University. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, the Australian Leadership Award Scholarship and the NISGP Scholarship. His research interests are peace and conflict studies, socio-economic development, regional planning, and development, Bangsamoro issues, Islamic finance and banking, and peace and conflict studies. He is a consultant of various government institutions, international organizations, and civil society groups. Dr. Latiph contributed to various development plans, poverty alleviation measures, socioeconomic impact assessments, peace, conflict, and PCVE studies as well as research on political economy in Bangsamoro. He is a consultant of various international, local, and government institutions. He is one of the consultants of the Provincial Government of the Lanao del Sur that crafted socio-economic and poverty alleviation programs the substantially decreased poverty incidence.
