Ledivina Cariño
National College of Public Administration and Governance, Philippines
Ledivina V. Carino is a University Professor at the University of the Philippines, that institution's highest academic rank, and is a former dean of the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance. She received a Ph.D. in sociology from Indiana University (USA) in 1970, after having obtained a Bachelor of Arts in public administration from the University of the Philippines and a Master of Arts in political science from the University of Hawaii.
Dr. Cariño was elected to the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology in 1995 and has served as Secretary of its Executive Council since 2002. Her research has focused on the evolution, structure, and process of public administration in developing nations, with special attention to issues of local governance, corruption and ethics, democratic public administration, and voluntary sector management.