MANILA - Acting Socio-economic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Emmanuel Esguerra on Monday said he will continue ongoing projects started by former NEDA chief Arsenio Balisacan.
Esguerra replaced Balisacan, who resigned as NEDA chief and appointed by President Aquino to head the newly established Philippine Competition Commission.
"We will build on what the agency has accomplished under former Secretary Balisacan and continue the ongoing programs and projects for the remaining months of the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016. We want a seamless transition towards the preparation of the successor development plan as the next administration settles in," said Esguerra.
"Expect the continuation of the thrusts that we have focused on in the last few years: human capital development and investment in infrastructure to ensure the inclusivity of development," he added.
Esguerra will also be the vice-chair of the NEDA Board, as well as the head of its several inter-agency committees.
He will chair the boards of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center, Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS), Philippine Center for Economic Development (PCED), and the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI).
Esguerra served as the co-senior official of the Philippines to the APEC Senior Officials' Meeting in November last year, the Chair of the APEC Group on Services (GOS) and the APEC Policy Support Unit Board, and the Philippine acting minister during the Second APEC Structural Reform Ministerial Meeting last September 2015.
Esguerra was appointed NEDA Deputy Director-General in July 2012 and became head of the National Development Office (NDO) for Policy and Planning.
He holds a PhD from the Ohio State University, and Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Economics from the University of the Philippines Diliman.//
Esguerra replaced Balisacan, who resigned as NEDA chief and appointed by President Aquino to head the newly established Philippine Competition Commission.
"We will build on what the agency has accomplished under former Secretary Balisacan and continue the ongoing programs and projects for the remaining months of the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016. We want a seamless transition towards the preparation of the successor development plan as the next administration settles in," said Esguerra.
"Expect the continuation of the thrusts that we have focused on in the last few years: human capital development and investment in infrastructure to ensure the inclusivity of development," he added.
Esguerra will also be the vice-chair of the NEDA Board, as well as the head of its several inter-agency committees.
He will chair the boards of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center, Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS), Philippine Center for Economic Development (PCED), and the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI).
Esguerra served as the co-senior official of the Philippines to the APEC Senior Officials' Meeting in November last year, the Chair of the APEC Group on Services (GOS) and the APEC Policy Support Unit Board, and the Philippine acting minister during the Second APEC Structural Reform Ministerial Meeting last September 2015.
Esguerra was appointed NEDA Deputy Director-General in July 2012 and became head of the National Development Office (NDO) for Policy and Planning.
He holds a PhD from the Ohio State University, and Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Economics from the University of the Philippines Diliman.//
