Asian Development Bank Service recognition award (for 10 years of service) (December 2015)

Pacific Economic Monitor Team - Spot Award - Pacific Department 2013 (30-08-2013)

Rewards & Recognition Program, Office of ADB Vice President Operations Group 2 Pacific Economic Management Team - Knowledge Sharing Award, 2013 (21-02-2014)

Rewards & Recognition Program, Office of ADB Vice President Operations Group 2 Knowledge Sharing Award - 2012 (21-02-2013)

Economics Team, Pacific Department Awards 2015 (11-12-2015)

Certificate of Appreciation, East-West Center Mentoring Program (January

Recognition award for research contributions, International Rice Research Institute, May 2000.

Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Agriculture, 1998-2000.

Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1994-1995.

J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Fellowship for Dissertation Research, 1994-1995.

Social Science Research Council International Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, 1992-93.

Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Travel Grant, 1992.

University of California Graduate Division Fellowship, University of California, 1992.

American Society for Public Administration, Chicago Chapter, Student of the Year, 1988.

Awarded Presidential Management Internship, Spring 1988.

Urban Policy Scholar, University of Chicago (full tuition/stipend), academic year 1987-1988.

University of Chicago Fellowship, academic year 1986-1987.

Louis Hollander Scholarship, academic year 1985.

New York State Regents Fellowship, 1981-1985.