YELLOW PAD By Filomeno Sta. Ana III Dani Rodrik a world-renowned professor of economics known for his trenchant criticism of globalization (his preferred term: “hyper-globalization”), was the keynote speaker at the annual...
The Sin Tax Coalition lauds House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Joey Salceda and the Department of Health (DOH) for proposing higher excise taxes on sin products, including cigarettes, alcohol, sugar sweetened beverages,...
YELLOW PAD By Filomeno Sta. Ana III My friend Bobby Julian had an offbeat agenda when he watched the Ateneo-La Salle basketball game last week. He went to the Araneta Coliseum to root for his team. However, his team lost, which...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Nepomuceno Malaluan I had the privilege of giving a keynote speech at the 2022 National Conference on Educational Measurement and Evaluation organized by the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Lyonel Tanganco (Action for Economic Reforms has collaborated with the Department of Finance for more than 25 years, and one of those who made the partnership durable was the late former Finance Undersecretary Elsa...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Laurence Go In the middle of the pandemic, Action for Economic Reforms (AER) launched its Data-Driven Development (3D) Program. The goal: to promote a culture conducive to data and evidence and make them the...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Pia Rodrigo This year, on the 50th anniversary of martial law’s proclamation, the days leading up to the 21st of September have me feeling a new, more palpable grief and anger. In past years, Sept. 21 was...
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Call for and Event Organizer for the 2nd COLLABDev National Assembly Action for Economic Reforms (AER), a civil society policy, advocacy and action think tank working on key issues around fiscal reforms, health measures,...
