Professor

Research Interests

• Urban and Regional Economics, Public Economics, Development Economics

Teaching, Research, and Other Positions (partial)

• Professor, School of Economics, University of the Philippines
• Director General, National Economic Development Authority
• Chairman, Institute for Development and Econometric Analysis, Inc., since 1999
• Chairman, Foundation for Integrative and Development Studies, since 2000

Selected Publications/Discussion Papers

• “Infrastructure Development in the Philippines”, in Infrastructure Issues in the Asia Pacific:  Kohsaka, Akira (ed) (Routledge, 2005)
• “The Philippines”, In Fiscal Deficits in the Pacific Region: Kohsaka, Akira (ed), (Routledge,London, 2004)
• “The Philippines,”  Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Region: Background Papers (OsakaJapanCommittee for Pacific Economic Outlook, 2003).
• “The Philippines,” Fiscal Policy Issues in the Pacific Region: Executive Summary Reports (OsakaJapan Committee for Pacific Economic Outlook, September 2001)
• Coming to Grips with Globalization (Editor) (Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2000) and “Dimensions of Globalization” (Author) in the same volume.
• “The Philippines” Productivity Growth and Industrial Structure in the Pacific Region: Background paper (Osaka Japan Committee for Pacific Economic Outlook, 2000) pp 373-398.
• “Globalization and the Limits to National Economic Management,” in Olds,  Kris et. al. (eds) “Globalization and the Asia Pacific” (Routledge, London: 1999).
• “The Philippines” Domestic Savings in the Pacific Region: Trends and Prospects: Background Papers (Osaka Japan Committee for Pacific Economic Outlook, November 1998)