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Learn about the life and achievements of Dr. Gerardo P. Sicat, a prominent Filipino economist and public servant who served as NEDA Director-General, PIDS founder, World Bank official, and UP professor. Read his biography, awards, publications, and contributions to development research and policy.
Our high minimum wage. The bill to increase the national minimum wage. by Gerardo P. Sicat - March 6, 2024 - 12:00am. Preface to today’s column: I spoke before the House Committee on Labor and...
Learn about the life and achievements of Gerardo P. Sicat, a prominent Filipino economist and public servant who served as Marcos' chief economic planner from 1970 to 1981. He also founded the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, wrote a textbook on economics, and worked at the World Bank.
By Gerardo P. Sicat* The presence of quite a number of people who style themselves as economists is an index of the popularity of economics. This is also one of the many reasons why economics is often misunderstood. On the one hand, it seems to be an easy subject, especially to those who have mastered the art of getting rich and
In 1984 [Sicat, 1984] however, I delivered a talk on my assessment of the Philippine economy before the Philippine Economic Society. I wrote that as a
Taming inflation. by Gerardo P. Sicat - August 24, 2022 - 12:00am. As I said in last week’s column, the main task of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is to maintain relative price stability in...
by Gerardo P. Sicat* Like most other new nations in the less developed parts of the world, the Philippines is preoccupied with pro-blems of how to create an economy which will provide higher levels of welfare for its citizens. This requires the task of promoting economic development, the raising of its per
