RUPERTO P.

ALONZO
CURRICULUM VITAE
(As of June 2016)

Present Positions: Professorial Lecturer, University of the Philippines (UP) School of Economics;
Policy Advisor and Fellow, Energy Policy and Development Program

Previous Positions: Professor, UP School of Economics (November 1968-May 2013)

Commissioner, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines (November 2004-

June 2010; Member, Committee on Social and Human Sciences)

Director, UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries, October 2004 to October 2009

Vice-President for Development, UP System, December 2005 to June 2009

Deputy Director-General, National Development Office, National Economic and

Development Authority (NEDA), August 1998 to January 2001

Director, Program in Development Economics and Office of Public Affairs,

UP School of Economics, May 1992 to April 1996; June 1997 to July 1998; May
2001 to April 2003; July 2009 to April 2012

Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,
December 1990 to May 1991

Chairman, Department of Economics, UP School of Economics, May 1986 to

October 1988

President, Philippine Economic Society, April 2001 to March 2002

Office Address: University of the Philippines School of Economics

Encarnacion Hall, U.P. Campus, Diliman, Quezon City
Telephone Nos. 920-5481; 927-9686 (loc. 345); Fax No. 920-5481

Home Address: 42 Soliven Ave. III, Loyola Grand Villas, Quezon City
Telephone No. (+632) 426-6501; Mobile No. (+63918) 506-4365

Email Address: rpalonzo@gmail.com; rpalonzo@upd.edu.ph; rpalonzo@econ.upd.edu.ph

Educational Background:

A.B. (Humanities), magna cum laude, Ateneo de Manila University, 1967.

M.A. (Economics), University of the Philippines, 1969.
Ph.D. (Economics), all academic requirements but the dissertation completed, University of
Chicago, 1979.

Fields of Specialization:

Public Finance (Project Evaluation, Investment Programming, Public Expenditure Management).

Economics of Human Resources (Education and Training, Health and Nutrition).
Development Economics (Informal Sector, Impact Assessment, Decentralization Studies).

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Honors and Awards Received:

Conferred the rank of Chevalier (Knight) in the National Order of Merit of the Republic of
France, April 2, 2002.
Outstanding Young Scientist for Economics, 1987 (awarded by the National Academy of
Science and Technology, Republic of the Philippines).
Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, University of Chicago, 1969-1972; 1977-1979.
Graduated magna cum laude, Ateneo de Manila University, 1967.

Publications:

“Non-Investment-Related Tax Incentives (NITIs): A Policy Paper” (with R.E. Reside), Philippine Center
for Economic Development Policy Notes No. 2013-5, 2013.

“Environmental Quality, Economic Development, and Political Institutions in East Asia: A Survey of
Issues” (with K. Puzon), in DLSU Business & Economics Review, Vol. 22(2), January 2013, 64-81.

“Re-examining the Growth-Emissions Nexus: Does the Latecomer Advantage Alter the Environmental
Kuznets Curve?” (with K. Puzon), in International Journal of Green Economics, 6(3), 2012, 298-316.

“Is the Environmental Kuznets Curve Applicable to East Asian Economies? Evidence Using Fixed Effects
Estimation” (with K. Puzon and D. de Castro), in M. Kennet and W. Mak, Green Economics and Climate
Change. London: Green Economics Institute, 2012. p. 90-109.

“Population, Poverty, Politics and the Reproductive Health Bill” (with E.M. Pernia and others), UPSE
Discussion Paper No. 2011-11, February 2011.

“LGU Access to Official Development Assistance (ODA): Status, Issues, and Concerns” (with G.M. Llanto
and A.B. Brillantes, Jr.), in Niazi, T.H., Llanto, G.M., and Fabre, R.C., eds. Fiscal Decentralization in the
Philippines: Issues, Findings and New Directions. Quezon City: Department of the Interior and Local
Government and Asian Development Bank, 2010, pp. 307-375.

“Social and Human Sciences Readings,” (with J. Racelis, W. Villacorta, and J. Yap), in Fact Finding on
Social and Human Sciences Education in the Philippines, F.H. Hornedo, R.A. Ibana, and F.P. Sta. Maria,
eds., Manila: UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines, 2009.

Iskolar ng Bayan Gives Back the Enterprising Way: Dreamers, Doers, Risk-Takers 4 (editor, with M.R. Co,
A.M. Maghirang, and G.S. Recio), Quezon City: Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation
(SERDEF) and UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries, 2008.

The Micros that Roared: Dreamers, Doers, Risk-Takers 3 (editor, with M.R. Co and G.S. Recio), Quezon
City: SERDEF and UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries, 2006.

“Population and Poverty: The Real Score” (with other faculty members of the UP School of Economics),
UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2004-15, December 2004.

“The Economic Freedom Index: A Review,” The Philippine Review of Economics, vol. XXXIX, No. 1,
June 2002.

“Institution and Human Resource Capacity Building in the Philippines,” in Institution and Human
Resource Capacity Building in ASEAN, New York: United Nations, 1999.

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Conceptual Framework for the Development of an Integrated Poverty Monitoring and Indicator System
(with A.M. Balisacan, T.C. Monsod, G.M. Ducanes, and P.J. Esguerra), Pasig City: NEDA, 1999.

“Local Governance and Poverty Alleviation,” Chapter 7 in Growth, Poverty, and Income Inequality, edited
by A.M. Balisacan and S. Fujisaki, Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), 1998 (169-195).

Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss in the Philippines (with C.R. Roque, P.M. Zamora, S.G. Padilla, M. C.
Ferrer, and D.M. Cacha), WWF-Phils. Research Paper no. 1, Manila: Kabang Kalikasan ng Pilipinas, 1998.

“Financing Issues in the Rural Water Supply Sector,” Philippine Review of Economics and Business, vol.
XXXIV, No. 2, December 1997.

“Channeling Resources to Local Development Concerns: Issues and Options,” Philippine Review of
Economics and Business, vol. XXXIV, No. 2, December 1997; reprinted as Ch. 4 in Studies in Governance
and Regulation: the Philippines, edited by D.B. Canlas and S. Fujisaki, Tokyo: IDE, 1999 (48-76).

“Some Lessons from Recent Studies on the Informal Sector,” in Handbook on the Informal Sector, edited
by G.M. Llanto, Manila: Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference and Department of Labor and Employment,
1998.

“The Philippine Telecommunications Industry” (with W. San Pedro), PIDS Development Research News,
Vol. XIV No. 4-a, 1996.

“The Informal Service Sector in Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines,” in United Nations, Role of
the Informal Service Sector in Urban Poverty Alleviation, New York: United Nations, 1996 (177-216).

“Women in the Labor Market in the Philippines” (with S. Horton and R. Nayar), Chapter 7 in Women and
Industrialization in Asia, edited by S. Horton, London: Routledge, 1996 (244-273).

“Education and National Development: Some Economic Perspectives,” in If We're so Smart, Why aren't We
Rich?, edited by E.S. de Dios, Manila: Congressional Oversight Committee on Education, 1995 (29-55).

“A Review of Equity Oriented Investment Criteria and the Medium-Term Public Investment Program,” in
Understanding Poverty and Inequity in the Philippines: A Compendium of Policy and Methodological
Researches, edited by P.S. Intal and M.C. Bantilan, Manila: Philippine Institute for Development Studies
(PIDS) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 1994 (185-231).

Integrating Population and Development Concerns in Investment Programming, Pasig: NEDA/IPDP, 1994.

Promoting International Competitiveness and Efficient Resource Utilization: The Philippines (with E.S. de
Dios and G.R. Tecson), Bangkok: UN/ESCAP, 1991 (ST/ESCAP/940); abridged version in Promoting
International Competitiveness and Efficient Resource Utilization in Manufacturing in Asia and the Pacific,
Bangkok: UN/ESCAP, 1991 (ST/ESCAP/1237).

“The Informal Sector in the Philippines,” Chapter 3 in The Silent Revolution, edited by A.L. Chickering
and M. Salahdine, San Francisco: International Center for Economic Growth, 1991 (39-70).

“Cooperation and Competition between Japan and the U.S.: Possible Impacts on the ASEAN Region” (with
M.S. Gochoco), Chapter 6 in Japan, ASEAN, and the United States, edited by H.H. Kendall and C.
Jaewono, Berkeley: University of California, 1991 (117-137).

“Public Finance in Philippine Development,” Chapter VI in Studies in Economic Policy and Institutions:
the Philippines, edited by D.B. Canlas and H. Sakai, Tokyo: IDE, 1990 (107-137).
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The Informal Sector in Metro Manila: Findings from a Recent Survey (with M.A. Abrera-Mangahas), New
Delhi: ILO/Asian Regional Team on Employment Promotion (ARTEP), 1989.

“Trends in Poverty and Labor Market Outcomes in the Metro Manila Area,” in Urban Poverty and the
Labor Market, edited by G. Rodgers, Geneva: ILO, 1989 (173-200).

“Till Debt Do Us Part: A Failed Marriage” (with D.B. Canlas, R.V. Fabella, C.W. Paderanga, and F.M.
Medalla). Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies, Vol 4, No 2 (1988).

“The Urban Informal Sector in Metro Manila: A Macro Perspective,” Philippine Labor Review, XII (2),
1988 (1-27).

Social Science and the Economic Recovery: Papers and Proceedings of the National Social Science
Congress II, 24-26 November 1988 (editor, with A.L. Tan and A.B. Brillantes, Jr.). Diliman, Quezon City:
Philippine Social Science Council, 1988.

Labor Market Adjustments to Outflows of Skilled Labor: The Philippine Experience (with M.A. Fernandez
and R. Mendoza). Islamabad, Pakistan: Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme, International
Labour Office, 1987.

“Technical Manpower Supply and Demand Forecasting,” Chapter 3 in HRD Policy and Planning for
Technology and Development (Proceedings of the International Workshop held in Seoul, South Korea, 19
October-6 November 1987), Seoul, Korea: Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST)
and Asia-Pacific Center for Technology Transfer (APCTT), 1987 (205-220).

“The Philippine Experience in Manpower Planning and Labor Market Policies” (with E. A. Tan), in Human
Resource Planning: The Asian Experience, edited by R. Amjad, New Delhi: ILO, 1987 (151-180).

“Japan's Economic Impact on the ASEAN Economies,” Indonesian Quarterly, XIV (3), 1987 (472-487).

“Notes on Philippine Education,” Philippine Social Science Information, XIV (1), 1986 (3-9).

“Discussion,” on V. Paqueo, “An Econometric Analysis of Educational Attainment Among Elementary

School Age Children: Preliminary Results,” Transactions of the National Academy of Science and
Technology, VII, 1985 (383-385).

“Industrial Restructuring and Manpower Planning: The Philippine Case,” in Manpower Planning in ASEAN
Countries, Singapore: Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development, 1985 (61-74).

“A Survey of Economic Research in the Philippines: 1970-1979” (with D. B. Canlas), chapter 2 in Social
Science Research Activities in the Philippines, Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies, 1981 (19-62).

“The Manila Informal Sector: In Transition?” (with G. M. Jurado et al.), chapter 10 in The Urban Informal
Sector in Developing Countries, edited by S.V. Sethuraman, Geneva: ILO, 1981.

“The Informal Transport Sector in the Greater Manila Area,” Philippine Review of Economics and
Business, XVII (1 and 2), 1980 (61-88).

“Employment and Earnings among College Graduates,” Philippine Economic Journal, XVIII (3), 1979
(187-229).

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“Manpower Demand and Supply Analysis” (with A. Arcelo and G. Jurado), FAPE Review, VIII (2), 1977
(80-96).

“Indicators for Learning,” chapter 3 in Measuring Philippine Development, edited by M.K. Mangahas,
Quezon City: Development Academy of the Philippines, 1976 (117-164).

“On Measuring Shadow Wages of Philippine Labor,” NEDA Journal of Development, I (1), 1974
(126-141).

“Short-Term Employment Creation Projects in the Philippine Setting: Problems and Prospects,” SEADAG
Papers, No. 73-10, September 1973.

Other Papers:

“An Assessment of the Philippine Power Sector Policy Landscape” (with T.P. Guanzon), working paper
submitted to the Energy Policy and Development Program, May 2016.

“On the Shadow Exchange Rate for the Philippines,” submitted to NEDA and the Asian Development
Bank (ADB), March 2016.

“On the Social Discount Rate for the Philippines,” submitted to NEDA and ADB, October 2014.

“A National Evaluation Policy Framework for the Philippines” (with Donald Hall), submitted to NEDA
and UNICEF, October 2013. (This study served as basis for NEDA-DBM Joint Memorandum Circular No.
2015- 01, “National Evaluation Policy Framework of the Philippines,” issued on 15 July 2015.)

“On the National Spatial Strategy for the Philippines: Comments and Suggestions,” submitted to NEDA
and ADB, March 2013.

“Economic Evaluation of Infrastructure Projects: The Case of Roads,” submitted to the UPecon Foundation
as Module 12 in a forthcoming volume on Public Economics as applied to the Philippine setting, June
2012.

Study on Non-Investment Related Tax Incentives (NITIs), Phase II (with R.E. Reside, D.M. Sanchez, et al.),
submitted to the Philippine Department of Finance and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),
March 2012.

“ASEAN SME Policy Index: Human Resource Development and Training,” submitted to the Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), March 2012.

“Poverty Reduction and the Rise of the Middle Class: The Case of the Philippines,” submitted to the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) as country paper input to the Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2010, Part
I: A special chapter on “The Rise of Asia’s Middle Class.” June 2010.

“Infrastructure Development and Private Capital: Regulation and Access,” submitted to RFO Center and
presented at an ADB Workshop, May 2008.

“Peer Review for Project Evaluation Reports in NEDA: Methodology and Guidelines” (with S. Curry),
submitted to PDP Australia Pty Ltd for AusAID/PEGR, March 2008.

“Quality Assurance Review of Project Evaluation Reports” (with S. Curry), submitted to PDP Australia Pty
Ltd for AusAID/PEGR, February 2008.

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“Proposed System and Procedures for Project Appraisal by the Department of Budget and Management,”
submitted to DBM, February 2007.

“The Road-RoRo Terminal System: The Bicol Mainland-Masbate-Cebu Connection” (with A. Ashar, G.
Rognstad, and A. Navarro), submitted to CARANA Corp. for USAID Manila, January 2007.

“Establishing a Performance-Based and Outcome-Oriented Culture in Fiscal Management” (with S.

Jamieson, P. Quang, and S. Brownette), submitted to PDP Australia Pty Ltd for AusAID/PEGR and
presented at the Workshop on the All Systems Improvement Plan, sponsored by NEDA and DBM with
assistance from AusAID-PEGR, held at Astoria Plaza, Ortigas Center, May 5, 2006.

“Overcoming Obstacles to Innovation Facing SMEs: The Philippine Case,” presented at the APEC SME
Business Forum, Daegu, Republic of Korea, August 30, 2005.

“Third-Party Evaluator’s Opinion on ‘Environmental Infrastructure Support Credit Program,’” submitted to

IC Net, Inc. for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, August 2005.

Business Planning and Financial Management Manual for Public-Private Mix DOTS Clinics (with others),
submitted to Chemonics, Int’l. for USAID Manila, 2005.

“Population and Poverty: The Real Score” (with others), UPSE Discussion Paper 2004-15, December 2004.

“Third-Party Evaluator’s Opinions on ‘Power Grid Improvement Project,’” submitted to IC Net, Inc. for the
Japan Bank for International Cooperation, October 2004.

“Recent Economic and Social Developments in BIMP-EAGA,” submitted to the Asian Development Bank,
May 2004.

“An Evaluation Study of the Philippines-Canada Development Fund,” submitted to the Canadian
International Development Agency, Manila Office, November 2003.

“Third-Party Evaluator’s Opinion on ‘Regional Telecommunications Development Project’ and ‘Science

and Technology Education Project,’” submitted to IC Net, Inc. for the Japan Bank for International
Cooperation, August 2003.

“Financial and Economic Justification of the Laguna de Bay Institutional Strengthening and Community
Participation Project (LISCOP),” submitted to the Laguna Lake Development Authority and the Royal
Netherlands Embassy, May 2003.

“The Political Economy of Decentralization in the Philippines,” submitted to the World Bank, Manila
Office, May 2003.

“An Integrated Economic and Financial Analysis of the Philippine Higher Education Development
Project,” submitted to the Asian Development Bank, April 2003.

“Rationalization of Subsidy Policy for Rural Electrification” (with E. E. Patalinghug and N. F. Mendoza,
submitted to the Department of Energy and the World Bank, March 2003.

“National Government Assistance to Local Governments in the Context of Devolution – The Philippines,”
submitted to the Asian Development Bank, June 2002.

“The Mongolian Government’s ‘Concept of Regional Development’ and Its Implications for ADB
Operations,” submitted to the Asian Development Bank, June 2002.
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“The KALAHI-CIDSS Project: An Economic and Social Returns Study,” submitted to the World Bank and
the Department of Social Welfare and Development, May 2002.

“Costs and Benefits of Eliminating Child Labor in the Philippines” (with R.G. Edillon), submitted to
ILO/IPEC, April 2002.

“Decentralization and Development: Philippine Perspectives,” presented at the IDE-NEDA-DTI Joint

Program on IDEAS Follow-up Program in the Philippines, January 2002.

“Linking Project Outcomes with Sector and Macro Concerns,” submitted to the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA), March 1999.

“A Proposed Plan of Action for Sustaining Results Monitoring and Evaluation,” submitted to NEDA,
March 1999.

Training Manual on Results Monitoring and Evaluation (with others), submitted to NEDA, August 1998.

“The Organizational Impact of the Philippine Health Development Program’s Institutional Development
Interventions,” submitted to the Department of Health and the World Bank, as part of the UPecon
Foundation project on the ex post evaluation of the World Bank-assisted Philippine Health Development
Project, February 1998.

“Unsettled Issues in Project Evaluation: Principles and Practice,” submitted to the Philippine Center for
Economic Development, September 1997.

“Meeting the Basic Learning Needs of Young Filipino Children: A Study on Public Investment in Early
Childhood Education” (with F. de los Angeles-Bautista in collaboration with R.G. Myers), submitted to
UNICEF-Philippines and the Steering Committee for the Early Childhood Development Project, June
1997.

Developing an Action Plan for the Financing of Local Government Projects with Social and Environmental
Objectives, vols. I and II (with others), submitted to the NEDA and the World Bank, October 1996.

“Production and Distribution of Complementary Foods for the Early Childhood Development Program: A
Study of Options, Managerial Feasibility, and Cost Effectiveness” (with B.N. Amla), submitted to the
Department of Health and the World Bank, September 1996.

“The Proposed Vaccines Production Facility in Laguna: A Cost-Benefit Analysis,” submitted to the
UPecon Foundation, Health Policy Development Program, August 1996.

“Guidelines on the Economic Analysis of Health Sector Projects (with Philippine Cases),” submitted to the
UPecon Foundation, Health Policy Development Program, August 1996.

“Welfare Effects of Different Rationing Schemes: Implications for Project Analysis,” submitted to the
Philippine Center for Economic Development, July 1996.

“Infrastructure and Sustainability of Growth in the Philippines,” a country report submitted to the Asian
Development Bank for the preparation of the Asian Development Outlook for 1996-1997, January 1996.

“Human Resource Development: the Philippines,” submitted to Development Alternatives, Inc., July 1995.

“An Evaluation of Inter-island Shipping Deregulation,” submitted to AYC Consultants, July 1995.
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“On the Analysis and Appraisal of Local Public Enterprises: The Case of Public Markets,” submitted to the
Philippine Center for Economic Development, May 1995.

“Tracking the Investment Programming Process,” submitted to the International Management and
Communications Corp. (IMCC-Washington), May 1994.

“Evaluating an Import Substitution Venture: Market, Financial, and Economic Aspects of a Selected
Project Profile in the Philippine Pharmaceuticals Industry,” submitted to the Philippine Center for
Economic Development, May 1994.

“An Economic Impact Analysis of the Enterprises in Community Development Project” (with F.S.
Lisondra), submitted to USAID, Manila, April 1994.

“Assessment of the Impact of Opening the Retail Trade Sector to Foreign Investment” (with others),
submitted to the Private Investment and Trade Opportunities-Philippines (PITO-P), February 1994.

“An Economic Analysis of the Proposed Integrated Family Planning and Maternal Health Project,”
submitted to USAID, Manila, October 1993.

“The Medicare Program II Experience: Issues and Concerns,” background paper presented at the Workshop
on Medicare Program II, held in Iloilo City, July 1993.

“The Economics of Household-Operated Activities in the Philippines: Macro and Micro Perspectives,”
submitted to ILO/ARTEP, May 1993.

“On the Construction and Use of Educational Cost Indexes,” submitted to the Department of Education,
Culture, and Sports, May 1993.

“Investment Incentives Reform Monitoring: Survey and Consultations” (with D.B. Canlas, F.M. Medalla,
and G.R. Tecson), submitted to USAID, Manila, May 1992.

“An Economic Analysis of the Philippine Democracy Project” (with F.M. Medalla), submitted to USAID,
Manila, January 1992 (PNABS307).

“Economic Impact of the PVO Co-Financing Program” (with F.V. Lisondra and F.M. Medalla), submitted
to USAID, Manila, December 1991.

“An Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Local Development Assistance Program” (with E.D. Gamboa),
submitted to USAID, Manila, January 1990.

“Providing Basic Education for All: Some Policy Perspectives,” submitted to the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF), Manila, September 1989.

“Assessment of the Philippine Economic Reform Program, Evaluation of Past USAID Program Assistance,
and Future Recommendations” (with R. Dohner, C. Brandon, Q. Khan, and E. de Dios), submitted to the
USAID, Manila, December 1988 (PDAAZ085).

“Nontariff Barriers in the Textile Industry” (with B. Icamina), submitted to the International Development
Research Council of Canada, 1985.

“Macroeconomic Adjustments in the Philippines” (with F.A. Alburo, D.B. Canlas, E.S. de Dios, and F.M.
Medalla), submitted to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Manila, 1985.
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“Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 1983--The Philippines: A Country Report,”
submitted to UN/ESCAP, 1983.

“On the Jeepney 'Boundary' System,” submitted to the Institute for Labor and Manpower Studies, Ministry
of Labor, 1981.

“A Decision Model for the Evaluation of Environmental Impact Assessment Documents,” submitted to the
National Environmental Protection Council, 1981.

“On the Social Valuation of Labor in a Developing Economy,” presented at the Public Finance Workshop,
University of Chicago, May 1979.

“Population, Employment, and Development: The Postwar Philippine Experience” (with M. Mangahas),
presented at the Workshop on Population, Employment, and Development in Southeast Asia, sponsored by
the International Institute of Labor Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 1974.

Consulting Experience:

UPecon Foundation, Energy Policy and Development Program (EPDP), on strengthening the capacity of
the Philippine Government “to formulate coherent and evidence-based policies and strategies for the cost-
effective use of energy resources towards environmentally-sound energy development,” February 2015 to
present (serves as Policy Development Advisor, helping provide policy guidance to government agencies
in the energy sector).

UNICEF-Philippines, with NEDA Monitoring and Evaluation Staff, on the preparation of a draft National
Evaluation Policy for the Philippines, March to December 2013 (as national consultant, worked with the
international consultant in drafting the National Evaluation Policy and conducting meetings with key
stakeholders in government, civil society, and academe, and presented the draft evaluation policy before
various forums and meetings among stakeholders. This study served as basis for NEDA-DBM Joint
Memorandum Circular No. 2015- 01, “National Evaluation Policy Framework of the Philippines,” issued
on 15 July 2015.)

Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), on the conduct of the module on project development
and management for DAP‟s Public Management Development Program (PMDP) Middle Management
Class, November 2013 (prepared the course syllabus and conducted most of the lectures for the course).

Asian Development Bank (ADB), on an independent review of the National Spatial Strategy (NSS) Study
for the Philippines, October 2012 to January 2013 (as Independent Reviewer, gave comments and
suggestions on the Study in the context of other long-term sectoral studies).

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Philippine Department of Finance, on the conduct
of a study on non-investment-related tax incentives (NITIs), June 1011 to March 2012 (served as expert on
economic and social cost-benefit analysis; went on study visits to Thailand, Chile, Brazil, and the United
States to talk to government and private sector experts on other country experiences and best practices on
NITIs).

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), on the development of an SME Policy
Index for ASEAN, which would serve as a monitoring tool for SME development in the region, August
2011 to March 2012 responsible for the policy dimension of human resource development and training).

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Asian Development Bank (ADB), on the validation of the Project Completion Reports on the Small and
Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) Development Program in Viet Nam and other ADB-assisted projects in
Indonesia and Laos, May 2010 to February 2011 (served as PCR Evaluator/SME Specialist).

Land Registration Systems, Inc., (LARES), Consultant on the validation of the proposed increase in service
fees of the Land Registration Authority (LRA), June to December 2010 (provided an independent expert
opinion on the accuracy of the assumptions and computations submitted by LARES to LRA, in relation to
the original BOO Agreement on the Land Title Computerization Project).

ADB, on the preparation of the Philippines country paper as part of the regional technical assistance on the
Measurement and Policy Analysis for Poverty Reduction, March 2010 to June 2010 (served as economist,
prepared a paper on the Philippine middle class that served as input to the ADB Key Indicators for Asia and
the Pacific 2010, special chapter on “The Rise of Asia’s Middle Class”).

UPecon Foundation, on the development of training materials on the evaluation of road projects, for use in
short courses and in an applied graduate course in public economics, November 2009 to March 2010
(prepared the training materials, presented them before a seminar, and finalized the materials into a chapter
for inclusion in a volume on public economics).

PDP Australia Pty Ltd project with the Asian Development Bank, on Enabling LGUs to Access Official
Development Assistance, March to July 2009 (documented processes of LGU access to ODA and other
LGU resource mobilization approaches, proposed monitoring and evaluation mechanisms).

ADB Institute, on the conduct of a regional workshop on the Appraisal of Cross-Border Infrastructure
Projects, April 2008 (helped in program design, prepared training materials, and lectured on several topics
during a four-day training workshop with participants from the region).

PDP Australia Pty Ltd, project with the Philippines-Australia PEGR, on Consolidating and Embedding
Public Expenditure Reforms in DBM and NEDA, January to June 2008 (as Public Expenditure
Management Specialist and Capital Works Program Specialist, conducted a four-day workshop on Program
and Project appraisal for three batches of DBM technical personnel (with M. Edwards), prepared a quality
assurance review of project evaluation reports for the NEDA Board-ICC, conducted three-day Seminar on
Quality Assurance for Project Evaluation Reports, proposed a peer review process for the review of project
proposals, with S. Curry).

RFO Center for Public Finance and Regional Economic Cooperation, on the study of best practices in
public-private partnerships in infrastructure development, September 2007 to May 2008 (prepared a paper
on the topic, presented at an ADB Workshop on May 26, 2008).

Department of the Budget and Management (DBM), with assistance from the World Bank, on the design of
a system for evaluating agency project proposals costing less than P500 million, December 2006 to
February 2007 (developed guidelines for crafting project proposals consistent with the OPIF; designed
methodologies and systems flow for evaluating proposed projects costing less than P500 million; developed
a capacity building program and prepared training modules on project development for DBM technical
personnel).

ADB, on the preparation of a Local Government Finance and Governance Diagnostic Study for the
Philippines, November 2006 to May 2007 (served as Local Government Finance and Governance
Specialist in the peer review process, with other consultants on the diagnostics and consultations with
government (national and local) on how to proceed with government’s reform program).

Philippines-Australia Partnership for Economic Governance Reforms (PEGR), February 2007 (conducted a
five-day training program on project evaluation and capital budgeting for selected DBM technical staff).
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GHD Pty Ltd project with the Philippines-Australia PEGR on Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in BOT/PPP for Infrastructure Development,
November 2006 to May 2007 (conducted formal training in the evaluation of BOT/PPP projects; pursued a
mentoring program with NEDA technical staff on BOT/PPP projects).

CARANA Corp. project with USAID, on Assistance to DBP for the Promotion of the Road-RoRo Terminal
System, June to September 2006 (served as Team Leader and Economist/Financial Analyst in the conduct
of a feasibility study of the Bicol Mainland-Masbate Cebu RoRo connection).

PDP Australia Pty Ltd and C. Virata and Associates, Inc., project with the Philippines-Australia PEGR, on
Establishing a Performance-Based/Outcome-Oriented Culture in Fiscal Management, October 2005 to May
2006 (served as Public Expenditure Management Specialist and Performance Budget Specialist).

Philippines-Australia PEGR, Advisory and Quality Assurance Group, March 2006 to February 2007
(served as adviser, with the role of providing impartial technical advice to the Management Group and the
Facility Board).

ADB Institute, resource person, Local Government Budget Management Seminar, Ministry of Finance,
People’s Republic of China, X’ian, China, September 5-9, 2005 (lectured on “Management of Extra-
budgetary Funds and Non-Tax Revenues” and “Management of Extrabudgetary Funds and Non-Tax
Revenues” before senior officials of provincial financial departments and directors of city financial bureaus
in selected provinces in the Western region of PRC).

Chemonics Int’l., Philippine Tuberculosis Initiatives for the Private Sector (PhilTIPS) Project with USAID,
on the development of business planning and financial management guidelines for the replication of private
DOTS models, December 2004 to May 2005 (served as team leader and international finance expert).

IC Net, Inc., on the post-evaluation of JBIC completed projects in the Philippines, October 2004 and
August 2003 (served as third-party evaluator for the following: Regional Telecommunications
Development Project in Regions I and II; Engineering and Science Education Project; and Improvement in
Power Grid Project).

ADB, on the conduct of a study on recent economic and social developments in BIMP-EAGA, June 2003
to May 2004 (prepared an assessment of developments in the sub-region, pre- and post-Asian financial
crisis, and their implications on sub-regional cooperation strategy and program).

UPecon Foundation for the Economics and Finance Institute, Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Cambodia, on the Training on Public Finance and Fiscal Management, October to December 2003
(conducted a 30-hour course on Project Analysis and Evaluation in Phnom Penh and a three-hour lecture on
the economics of education for 23 middle-level officials from different ministries of the Royal Government
of Cambodia).

Asia-Pacific Policy Center for the National Anti-Poverty Commission, on the conduct of training on
Deepening Analysis of Poverty and Policy Responses Towards Meeting the National and Millennium
Development Goals of Poverty Reduction, July and August 2003 (assisted in the design of the training;
lectured before participants from government and civil society groups on the following topics: Framework
on Growth and Development, Education, and Investment Programming).

Canadian International Development Agency, Manila Office, on the preparation of an evaluation study of
the Philippines-Canada Development Fund, April to November 2003 (conducted field work, participated in
an Information Exchange Conference among CIDA’s partners, submitted an evaluation report).

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Royal Netherlands Embassy, Economics Section, on the economic and financial analysis of the Laguna de
Bay Institutional Strengthening and Community Participation Project (LISCOP), April to July 2003
(prepared the economic and financial study for the Laguna Lake Development Authority project, which
was approved for World Bank funding in August 2003 by the Investment Coordination Committee).

The World Bank, Philippine Office, on the conduct of a study on the political economy of decentralization
in the Philippines, April and May 2003 (submitted a paper on the topic, participated in a workshop on the
Decentralized Services Delivery Study for which the paper served as an input).

ADB, on the conduct of the economic and financial analysis of the proposed Philippines Higher Education
Development Project, January to April 2003 (prepared an integrated economic and financial study of the
Higher Education Development Project of the Commission on Higher Education).

Department of Energy, on the rationalization of subsidies to rural electrification (with E.E. Patalinghug and
N.F. Mendoza) April 2002 to March 2003 (prepared the economic framework for the subsidy policy
following a basic needs approach; conducted simulations of the framework on proposed investments in off-
grid diesel -power generation projects).

The World Bank, Philippine Office, on the preparation of the economic and social cost-benefit study of the
proposed Kalahi-CIDSS Project of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development, March
to May 2002 (prepared the project justification in the context of the decentralized environment; prepared
the economic analysis for sub-project profiles at the local level).

Asian Development Bank, on the conduct of a seminar for Indonesian government central officials on the
Philippine experience with decentralization, June 2002 (submitted a paper on lessons to be learned from
intergovernmental fiscal relations in the Philippines, particularly on on-lending and project cost-sharing
arrangements; went on mission to Jakarta to assist the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and gave a seminar
on devolution and its fiscal implications).

Asian Development Bank, on the conduct of a study on the “Concept of Regional Development” of the
Mongolian Government and its implications for the operations of ADB, February to May 2002 (went on
mission to Ulaan Baatar twice to talk to central and local government officials and other stakeholders;
submitted a paper on the appropriateness of the proposed regional development concept and strategy).

UPecon Foundation project for the Ford Foundation Philippine Office, on the conduct of training for local
and regional government personnel on project analysis and public expenditure management, June to
September 2002 (prepared training modules on the topics and conducted training in CARAGA region of 30
participants from local and regional government units and state universities and colleges).

International Labour Organisation, on the cost-benefit analysis of eliminating child labor in the Philippines,
September 2001-April 2002 (prepared a paper with R.G. Edillon on a cost-benefit analysis of policies and
programs toward the elimination of child labor as part of an ILO/IPEC-initiated study and presented the
results at a workshop held in Geneva in April 2002).

International Chamber of Commerce and Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory
Office (MWSS-RO), on the major and minor dispute case filed by Maynilad Water Services, Inc., against
MWSS, May 2001 to December 2002 (served as arbitrator and member of the major and minor dispute
panels).

UPecon Foundation project for the MWSS-RO, on the conduct of a training program towards a better
understanding of the concept of an “appropriate discount rate,” April to May 1998 (reviewed the bid
documents and concession agreements of MWSS concessionaires, conducted training of MWSS-RO staff
in the context of the concession agreements).
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National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Capacity Building for Development Assistance
Results Monitoring Project with the World Bank, on the conduct of training and capacity building on
results monitoring and evaluation (RME) of development projects, December 1997 to June 1998 (served as
consultant on developing an Action Plan to institutionalize RME in government agencies and guidelines for
incorporating RME in the NEDA/ICC process).

NEDA, Long-Term Planning Research and Development Project, November 1997 to January 1998
(reviewed and edited the draft Philippine National Development Plan for the 21st Century for internal
consistency, grammar, and style).

United Nations, ESCAP, November 1997 to February 1998 (served as resource person in the Expert Group
Meeting on “Institution and Human Resource Capacity Building for the New Entrants into ASEAN,” and
prepared the Philippines country paper on the topic).

UPecon Foundation project for the Department of Health and the World Bank, on the ex post evaluation of
the World Bank-assisted Philippine Health Development Project, March to November 1997 (served as lead
consultant for the component on the organizational impact of institutional development interventions).

World Wildlife Fund, on the Comparative Study of the Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss in Three Island
Ecosystems in the Philippines, February to September 1997 (prepared the sections on demographic and
socioeconomic factors at the national level).

UNICEF-Philippines, on the economic and social analysis of the early childhood education component of
the Early Childhood Development Project, April to June 1997 (conducted an economic cost-benefit
analysis of the proposed component and reviewed policy issues on cost-sharing arrangements between
national and local governments).

International Center for Economic Growth, Africa Office, on the preparation of project proposals for policy
studies on the promotion of micro and small enterprises in Kenya, March 1997 (reviewed initial sector
policy papers prepared by Kenyan researchers, conducted consultative meetings with the researchers, and
served as resource person for the Workshop on the Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprise
Development).

Asian Development Bank, Economics and Development Resource Center, on the review and editing of
country papers presented at the Bank's 1996 Conference on The Emerging World Trading Environment,
October to December 1996 (reviewed and edited country papers for Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri
Lanka, and Thailand).

The World Bank, Philippine Office, on the preparation of a cost-effectiveness study of different production
and distribution options for the supplementary food component of the Early Childhood Development
Project, July to September 1996 (conducted the market, financial, and economic analysis).

UPecon Foundation project with the NEDA and UNDP, on the conduct of a training program on macro-
economic and fiscal policy for NEDA, DOF, and Department of the Budget and Management staff, July
1996 (lectured on project evaluation).

U.P. Foundation, Inc. project with Petron Corporation, on the preparation of an energy and petroleum
products demand model for the Philippines, September 1995 to May 1996 (served as project director and
integrated the macro and micro aspects of the model).

United Nations, ESCAP, July to September 1995 (chaired the Expert Group meeting in Bangkok on The
Role of the Informal Service Sector in Poverty Alleviation and prepared the Philippines country paper).
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The World Bank, Economic Development Institute, on the conduct of a seminar on Energy Policy and
Planning, June 1995 (lectured on cost-benefit analysis of energy projects).

Development Alternatives, Inc. project with the Asian Development Bank on the preparation of a study for
the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines/East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Initiative, May
1995 to March 1996 (served as human resources development specialist for the national study).

USAID Philippines, Office of Program Economics, on the conduct of a seminar on the economic analysis
of projects for Department of Finance and NEDA officials, May 1995 (developed and conducted a five-day
course on economic project analysis and appraisal).

AYC Consultants project with USAID Philippines, on the economic evaluation of liberalization and
deregulation in the domestic shipping industry March to July 1995 (served as transport economist and
prepared the economic impact evaluation of the policy reforms).

UPecon Foundation project with the NEDA and the World Bank, on the preparation of a policy action plan
for national government support of local development activities in social and environmental areas, March
1995 to October 1996 (served as lead consultant for a team of seven specialists in the areas of public
finance, sector analysis, and institutional studies).

USAID Philippines, Office of Infrastructure and Enterprise Development, on the impact assessment of the
Rural Infrastructure Fund Project, November to December 1994 (served as transport economist, analyzing
roads and ports investments).

Congressional Oversight Committee on Education project on the preparation of a book on education and
economic growth in the Philippines, July 1994 to June 1995 (wrote the chapter on education and national
development).

International Management and Communications Corporation (IMCC-Washington) project with USAID and
the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on the design and implementation of a budget system to support the
new BSP, April 1994 (as Budget System Specialist, reviewed the Philippine investment programming
process).

USAID Philippines, Office of Population, Health and Nutrition, on the preparation of the Project Paper of
the Integrated Family Planning and Maternal Health Project, September to October 1993 (conducted the
economic analysis for the project).

UPecon Foundation project with USAID, on the economic impact analysis of USAID's Enterprises in
Community Development project, June to September 1993 (served as project director, supervising a
nationwide household survey of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries).

Andersen Consulting project for Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc., through Private Investment and
Trade Opportunities-Philippines (PITO-P), on the assessment of the impact of opening up the retail trade
sector to foreign investors, July 1993 to February 1994 (prepared the economic framework and conducted
an ex ante impact analysis of the effects on local retailers of liberalization in the sector).

UPecon Foundation project with USAID (Health Policy Development Program), July 1992 to September
1996 (served as member of the executive committee; as consultant, conducted workshops on the cost-
benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of health projects and prepared guidelines on the economic analysis
of health projects and a cost-benefit study of a proposed vaccines production plant).

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Asian Development Bank, Fact-Finding Mission on the Nonformal Education Sector of the Philippines,
May to June 1992 (served as economist and costing and finance specialist, helped formulate further details
on a proposed nonformal education intervention for the country).

Asian Development Bank, Project Preparatory Technical Assistance Mission on the Nonformal Education
Sector of the Philippines, March to April 1992 (served as costing and finance specialist and economist,
visited nonformal education projects around the country).

UPecon Foundation project with USAID, on the analysis of the response of various sectors to the Foreign
Investment Act (FIA) of 1991, February to March 1992 (with the Project team, conducted and analyzed a
survey of various businesses and key informants on their impressions of the FIA and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations).

UPecon Foundation project with USAID, on the economic analysis of the Philippine Democracy Project,
September to December 1991 (prepared an ex-ante cost-benefit analysis of certain reform initiatives).

UPecon Foundation project with USAID, on the impact analysis of the USAID's PVO Co-Financing
Scheme, August to November 1991 (served as project director and managed a nationwide household and
enterprise survey of Program beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries).

Asian Development Bank, June 1991 (conducted a two-week training program on the economic analysis of
projects, for Developing Member Country participants in the Bank's Special Secondment Scheme).

Leverage Int'l, Inc. project with Carl Bro Int'l A/S for DANIDA and the World Bank, on a study towards
the financial restructuring of the Local Waterworks Utilities Administration, September to November 1990
(prepared an analysis of water demand across water districts and looked into the economic and institutional
aspects of LWUA's relations with its clients).

Asian Development Bank, post-evaluation mission for the Bank-funded Mini-Hydro Power Development
Project in Malaysia, May-June 1990 (served as economist and financial analyst for the mission).

Louis Berger Int'l, Inc. project with the USAID, on the economic policy reform monitoring of the Support
for Development Program for the Philippines, December 1989 and June 1990 (assisted in the monitoring
and assessment of policy reforms in the areas of trade liberalization and fiscal responsibility).

UP Social Action and Research for Development Foundation and Development Economics Group (U.S.)
project with USAID, on the economic cost-benefit analysis of the Local Development Assistance Program
for the Philippines, October to November 1989 (formulated the framework and methodology for
assessment and presented estimates of benefits and costs of certain major policy measures towards
decentralization).

International Contact Business Systems, Inc. project with the National Manpower and Youth Council, on
the evaluation of the NMYC-World Bank Training Contract Scheme, August to November 1989 (prepared
the evaluation design and analysis; conducted training sessions on evaluation methodology and survey
design).

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna, Austria), on the Philippine Pharmaceuticals
Industry Development Study, October to November 1988 (attended an expert group meeting in Vienna and
prepared the market, financial, and economic analyses for several possible projects identified by the study).

EDPITAF, Department of Education, October 1988 (reviewed the draft Final Report on the impact analysis
of the World Bank-assisted PRODED and helped in the design and methodology for the second-phase
evaluation).
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UP Social Action and Research for Development Foundation and Development Economics Group
(Washington, D.C.) project with USAID, on the assessment of U.S. program assistance to the Philippines,
September 1988 (reviewed the public investment program and the recent performance of several
infrastructure subsectors).

NEDA, Training and Development Issues Project, March to August 1988 (conducted in-house training
sessions on project appraisal for the NEDA sector staff, assisted in the review of some projects, prepared
case studies).

United Nations, ESCAP, January 1988 (chaired the Expert Group Evaluation Meeting in Bangkok on the
“Workshop on Human Resources Development in Asia and the Pacific: Problems, Policies, and
Perspectives”).

GVR Consultants, Inc. and CMSI project with USAID on Rural Water Supply Systems in the Philippines,
July to November 1987 (responsible for the socioeconomic analysis of the household and RWSA survey
data on water demand characteristics).

United Nations, ESCAP, July and October 1987 (helped prepare the curriculum for the Workshop on HRD
Planning for Technology and Development, jointly sponsored by UN/ESCAP, UN/Asia-Pacific Centre for
Technology Transfer, and the Korea Advanced Institute and presented a paper on Technical Manpower
Demand and Supply Forecasting at the Workshop in Seoul, Korea in October).

United Nations, ESCAP, October 1987 (participated in the Expert Group meeting in Bangkok on “Human
Resources Development in Asia and the Pacific: Problems, Policies, and Perspectives”).

United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN/ESCAP), October 1986
(reviewed the preliminary drafts of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific--1986).

Asian Development Bank, post-evaluation mission for the Engineering Education Project in the
Philippines, June 1986 (examined economic and financial aspects of the project's impact on the market for
engineers).

Asian Development Bank, post evaluation mission for the Program loan for the cement industry in Burma,
April 1986 (served as economist and financial analyst for the mission).

Rural Service Centers Project of the Ministry of Local Government and the USAID, on the formulation of a
national development fund concept for financial and technical assistance to low-income groups, November
and December 1985 (conducted field work in five Philippine cities and evaluated some project
components).

Renardet-Economic Development Foundation project for the Ministry of Agrarian Reform, on the updating
of the feasibility studies on the World Bank assisted Land Settlement Development Project, September to
November 1985 (was chief consultant on the economic evaluation of road components).

Economic Support Fund Secretariat (ESFS) Planning Office, June 1983 to October 1985, on the analysis
and appraisal of ESF-supported projects (reviewed market, financial, and socioeconomic aspects of projects
submitted for ESF funding; prepared a manual on the preparation of feasibility studies for public markets).

Brains, Int'l. project for the National Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC), on the conduct of project
development studies for the NMYC-World Bank Vocational Training Project, November 1983 to January
1984 (was chief consultant in the preparation of project documents for the proposed project expansion).

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies, January and February 1983 (served as a member of a three-
man team that reviewed and evaluated the output of the USAID-assisted Economic and Social Impact
Analysis/Women in Development Project).

SKR Managers and Advisors, Inc. project for the World Bank and the Ministry of Agrarian Reform, on the
post-project evaluation of the Agusan-Bukidnon-Capiz Land Settlement Projects, July 1982 to February
1983 (was chief consultant in the socioeconomic assessment of the settlement projects).

Education Projects Implementing Task Force, Ministry of Education, October to December 1980 (assisted
in developing an evaluation framework for analyzing the impact of the World Bank-assisted Program for
Decentralized Educational Development (PRODED) on elementary level participation and achievement).

Asiatic Consultants, Inc. projects on Integrated Area Development for the Bicol River Basin Development
Program, August and September 1980 (prepared the economic and financial analyses for the feasibility
studies on flood control, irrigation, mini-hydro power generation, and roads).

National Environmental Protection Council, June and July 1980 (served as member of the Environmental
Impact Assessment Review Committee and the public hearing panel on the R-10 Road Project).

Center for Development Studies project for the National Environmental Protection Council, on the
development of a manual for appraising Environmental Impact Statements, May to August 1980 (acted as
deputy project director).

Center for Policy Studies project on Policy Directions for the 1980s, April to June 1980 (completed a paper
on the education sector).

Pacific Consultants, Int'l. and Basic Technology and Management Corp. project on detailed engineering
studies for the OECF-assisted Fisheries Ports Package I, March and April 1980 (prepared the preliminary
economic analysis of the Iloilo Fishery Port Project).

Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies, Ministry of Labor, October 1979 to January 1980 (completed a
study on the “boundary” system of factor payments in the jeepney industry).

Presidential Study Committee on Vocational/Technical Education, Ministry of Education and Culture,

September to December 1979 (assisted in the preparation of studies on vocational-technical education).

Social Research Associates project for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on the
preparation of the Project Paper for the Economic and Social Impact Analysis/Women in Development
Project, September and October 1975 (served as director for the project).
International Labour Organisation (ILO) project on the Informal Sector in the Greater Manila Area, January
1976 to June 1977 (completed a study on the informal transport sector).

Inter-Agency Committee to Develop Performance Indicators for Education, May and June 1975 (assisted in
the identification of indicators for evaluating the performance of government activities in education).

Projects Economic Staff, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), December 1974 to
February 1975 (joined inter-agency meetings on the development of a methodology for project ranking).

Development Academy of the Philippines, Social Indicators Project, November 1973 to February 1975
(completed a paper on indicators for learning).

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Tondo Foreshore Urban Renewal Project, Office of the President, Housing and Urban Development Team,
September 1973 to September 1974 (developed the analytical framework for the economic analysis at the
pre-feasibility stage, assisted in the survey design for the socioeconomic studies).

Planning and Project Development Office, Department of Public Works, Transport, and Communications,
November 1972 to June 1973 (completed a paper on shadow wages, prepared the economic cost-benefit
analysis for the feasibility study on three EDSA interchanges, assisted in the preparation of several
Mindanao road projects).

Past Membership in Government Boards and Committees (while with NEDA, 1998-2001, and UP-ISSI,
2004-2009):

Chairman or Co-Chairman, Technical Boards of the NEDA Board Committees – Development Budget
Coordination Committee, Investment Coordination Committee, Infrastructure Committee, Tariff and
Related Matters Committee, and Social Development Committee.

Board Member, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, Toll Regulatory Board, Municipal Development
Fund Office, Philippine International Trade Corporation, Natural Resources Development Corporation, and
Asia Productivity Organization.

Member, Industrial Guarantee and Loan Fund Review Committee (IGLF Board), November 2004 to
October 2009 (representing the UP Institute for Small Scale Industries).

Membership in Professional Organizations:

Lifetime Member, Philippine Economic Society (member since 1968; member, Board of Directors,
1984-1988; 1999-2000; Vice-President, April 2000 to March 2001; President, April 2001 to March 2002)

Regular Member, National Research Council of the Philippines, since 1986; associate member, 1983-1985;
chairman, Section on Economics, Division of the Social Sciences, 1988/89 and 1994/96

Fellow (since 2001) and Trustee (2011-2012), Foundation for Economic Freedom

Fellow (since 1989) and Board Member (2001-2009), Social Weather Stations

Editor, Philippine Economic Journal, 1985-1991; Associate Editor, 1981-1985

Member, Executive Board/Governing Council, Philippine Social Science Council (1986-1987, 2001-2002)

Member, Philippine Constitution Association (since October 2008)

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