Dr. Victor A. Abola is the Program Director of the Strategic Business Economics Program (SBEP) of the UA&P School of Economics.

A senior economist, he lectures on Macroeconomic Policy at the graduate school level, and Money and Banking at the undergraduate level of the School of Economics. He co-authored with Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas the textbooks Economics: An Introduction (now in its 6th edition) and Basic Economics (2nd ed. 2010), and co-authored with Mr. Roberto Juanchito T. Dispo the book The Emerging Bond Market in the Philippines (2015). He is the author of the text/reference book Money, Banking and Finance (2006, currently being updated).

His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Development Management and an M.S. in Industrial Economics from UA&P.