Program of PES 43rd Annual Meeting

November 23, 2005 (Wednesday)
08:30 am	Registration
09:00 am	Opening Ceremony Philippine National Anthem Opening Remarks Alexander C. ESCUCHA (China Banking Corporation) President, Philippine Economic Society Introduction of Keynote Speaker Arsenio M. BALISACAN (SEARCA and UP School of Economics) Vice-President, Philippine Economic Society
09:30 am	Keynote Speech Manuel V. PANGILINAN Chairman of the Board, PLDT Group
10:00 am	Coffee / Tea Break
10:15 am	Parallel Sessions (Session 1) Session 1A: Labor and Employment Venue: Ramcar Chair: Leonardo A. LANZONA Associate Professor, Ateneo de Manila University "Capacity Utilization, Aggregate Supply and Phillips Curve in the Philippines" Luis F. DUMLAO Associate Professor, Ateneo de Manila University "The Fiscal and Employment Situations as Continuing Crisis" Eric Vincent C. BATALLA Associate Professor, De La Salle University Session 1B: State of Economics Education Venue: Metro Pacific Chair: Winfred M. VILLAMIL Associate Professor, De La Salle University "Pagsusulat ng Aklat sa Ekonomiks: Isang Karanasan" Tereso S. TULLAO, Jr. Professor, De La Salle University "Evaluating a High School Textbook in Economics: A Personal Experience" Maria Socorro GOCHOCO-BAUTISTA Professor, UP School of Economics "A Review of High School Economics in the Philippines: 1902-2005" Luisito C. ABUEG MA Candidate, UP School of Economics Session 1C: Energy Venue: Merill Lynch Chair: Federico M. MACARANAS Executive Director, AIM Policy Center "Oil and the Economy: Policy Options for the Philippines" Pete Lee U Dean, University of Asia and the Pacific "Updates on the Implementation of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market Mechanism (WESM)" Lassi Matti HOLOPAINEN President, Philippine Electricity Market Corporation "Making Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) Work" Fernando Y. ROXAS Faculty, Asian Institute of Management "Analytical Constructs on Power Economics and Planning: An Alternative Paradigm" Gary S. MAKASIAR President, Xaddle Point Consultancies Session 1D: Economic Data Generation Venue: SGV Hall Chair: Emmanuel F. ESGUERRA Professor, UP School of Economics "Understanding the Philippine System of National Accounts" Romulo A. VIROLA Secretary-General, National Statistics Coordinatin Board "Recent Development in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Statistics" Antonio B. CINTURA Deputy Director, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas "Towards a Strategy for Poverty Reduction: Challenges Facing the Program Planner" Rosemarie G. EDILLON Executive Director & Vice-President, Asia-Pacific Policy Center
11:45 am	OPEN FORUM
12:15 pm	LUNCH BREAK Report of the PES President Election of PES Board Members
01:30 pm	Parallel Sessions (Session 2) Session 2A: Agriculture and Poverty Venue: Ramcar Chair: Tirso B. PARIS, Jr. Professor, University of the Philippines at Los Banos "Agriculture Sector Policies and Poverty in the Philippines: Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Analysis" Caesar B. CORORATON and Erwin L. CORONG Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute and Associate Professor, De La Salle University, respectively "The Effect of Trade Policies on Philippine Fish Market" U-Primo E. RODRIGUEZ Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines at Los Banos "Analysis of Fish Demand in Asia: A Cross-Income Comparison" Yolanda T. GARCIA Visiting Scientist, WorldFish Center-Philippines Session 2B: Conflict and Human Security Venue: SGV Hall Chair: Solita COLLAS-MONSOD Professor, UP School of Economics "Ideologically Motivated Conflicts in the Philippines: In Search of Underlying Causes" Rosemarie G. EDILLON Executive Director & Vice-President, Asia-Pacific Policy Center "Cost of Armed Conflict" Emmanuel S. DE DIOS Professor, UP School of Economics "Reweaving the Social Fabric: Community-Based Efforts Towards Reconstruction and Peace" Steve MUNCY Head, Community and Family Services International Session 2C: Constitutional/Charter Change and the Economy Venue: Merill Lynch Chair: Cayetano W. PADERANGA, Jr. Professor, UP School of Economics "On the Economics Provisions of the Constitution" Gonzalo M. JURADO Vice-President, Kalayaan College "The Economic Argument for Constitutional Reform" Gerardo P. SICAT Professor Emeritus, UP School of Economics "Updates on the Proposed Charter Change" Alex R. MAGNO Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Diliman Session 2D: Regional Development Venue: Metro Pacific Chair: Mercedita S. SOMBILLA Manager, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) "The Dynamics of Regional Development: The Philippines in East Asia" Hal HILL and Sharon Faye PIZA Professor, Australian National University and Research Associate, Asia-Pacific Policy Center "Why Do Some Areas Perform Better Than Others in Growth and Poverty Reduction" Arsenio M. Balisacan Director, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) "The Quality of Local Governance and Development Under Decentralization: Some Observations" Joseph J. CAPUNO Assistant Professor, UP School of Economics
03:00 pm	OPEN FORUM
03:30 pm	Coffe Break
03:45 pm	Panel Discussion: Fiscal Crisis - One Year Hence Panel Chair: Rosario G. MANASAN Philippine Institute for Development Studies Panelists: Hon. Jose Sarte SALCEDA House of Representatives Felipe M. MEDALLA UP School of Economics James McCORMACK Sovereign Ratings, Fitch Ratings Asia Pacific
05:00 pm	Announcement of Election Results Ruperto P. ALONZO (UP School of Economics) Chair, PES Election Committee
05:15 pm	Closing Remarks Arsenio M. BALISACAN (SEARCA and UP School of Economics) Vice-President, Philippine Economic Society
05:30 pm	Closing Cocktails for PES Annual Meeting and Welcome Reception for Federation of ASEAN Economic Association (FAEA) Delegates
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Master of Ceremonies Ofelia M. TEMPLO Ateneo de Manila University
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