As the Undersecretary for Investment Programming, he is tasked to oversee the formulation of strategies in linking the government’s planning, programming and implementation of projects. His responsibilities include providing policy guidance in the project appraisal, monitoring and evaluation of big-ticket infrastructure projects of the national government, formulation of development plans and policies, and programming of the official development assistance (ODA), among others.
Dr. Capuno is on secondment to the DEPDev from the School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman. He has published research works in international and local refereed journals on political economy of fiscal decentralization, subnational growth and development, health care utilization and financing, and impact evaluation of health interventions.