Herlina is a policy fellow for the CETEx Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDE’s) stream with a focus on fiscal and economic policy. Herlina was previously a policy analyst at the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia. She held various roles, including providing analysis on tax policy and macro-fiscal issues, international relation officer and policy analyst for global affairs, tax treaty, and tax revenue evaluation. Herlina holds a master’s degree in public administration in international development from the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University.

Research interests

  • Public finance
  • Taxation policy
  • Economic policy and growth strategies for emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs);
  • Financial crisis and other financial stability risk in EMDE’s
  • Firm productivity