Diokno, economists in favor of Balisacan taking over Agri post

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Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno and private sector economists are in favor of seeing National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary

Diokno, the head of the economic team, said it was a “sound proposal.”

For his part, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. chief economist Michael Ricafort told the Manila Standard that Balisacan could be one of the best choices to lead the agency. Balisacan is an economist with extensive high-level policymaking practice and a well-recognized expert in Asia on economic development, inequality and poverty, antitrust , and political economy of policy reforms.

He has authored and co-edited seven books and published, both locally and internationally, close to 100 academic papers and book chapters on various development issues, particularly in the Philippines and East Asia.

 

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