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The most of extensive biography to cover Virata as its main subject is Gerardo Sicat's 2014 biography, "Cesar Virata: Life and Times Through Four Decades of Philippine Economic History." [ 8 ] He is also one of the main subjects of Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem's 2019 Ateneo Press book "Philippine Politics and the Marcos Technocrats: The ...
In 1984 and 1985 the Philippines saw the worst recession in its history: the economy contracted by 7.3% for two successive years. [1] Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority for 1985 showed that poverty incidence in families was at 44.2%—4.3 percentage points higher than in 1991 during the presidency of Corazon Aquino.
In collaboration with the Philippine Economic Society, the school publishes the Philippine Review of Economics, [2] a leading journal of economics-related research in the Philippines. The 9th and current dean of the School of Economics is Prof. Ma. Joy V. Abrenica, Ph.D. She was appointed in 2021 for a term for 3 years. [3]
The economic history of the Philippines is shaped by its colonial past, evolving governance, and integration into the global economy. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the islands had a flourishing economy centered around agriculture, fisheries, and trade with neighboring countries like China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
The Executive Order made the President of the Philippines the head of the National Economic Council. [ 7 ] [ 12 ] During his administration, President Carlos P. Garcia saw the need to create a new office in charge of the supervision of government corporations, which he called the National Development Authority.
Agrarian reform and economic development: ‘equity’ with efficiency, by Gerardo Sicat of the Philippine Star summarizes the points taken from Raul Fabella's 2014 critique paper on CARP; Publications by Raul V. Fabella on Google Scholar
National Economic and Development Authority: Gerardo Sicat (in concurrent capacity as Minister of Socio-economic Planning) 1978–1981 Cesar Virata (in concurrent capacity as Minister of Socio-economic Planning) 1981–1986 Solicitor General: Estelito P. Mendoza: 1972–1986 Minister of Energy: Geronimo Velasco: 1978–1986 Minister of Human ...