January 7, 2020 The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is pleased with the news that the full-year inflation for 2019 settled at 2.5 percent, which is well within the government target of 2.0 to 4.0 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported today that the country’s headline inflation for December 2019 further accelerated, as continue reading : 2019 FULL-YEAR INFLATION SETTLES WITHIN GOV’T TARGET
MESSAGE Carlos Bernardo O. Abad Santos Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning National Economic and Development Authority 84th Anniversary Celebration Strengthening the Culture of Planning In the Philippines Pasig City December 18, 2019 Let me start by greeting my fellow NEDAns – happy 84th anniversary to our beloved institution. To our guests, Mr. Alberto continue reading : SPEECH OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARLOS BERNARDO O. ABAD SANTOS AT THE 2019 SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING WEEK CELEBRATION AND 84TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF NEDA
2019 YEAR-END STATEMENT ERNESTO M. PERNIA, PhD Socioeconomic Planning Secretary December 18, 2019, 10:00 AM NEDA Central Office Grounds, Pasig City Ladies and gentlemen, present and continuing members of the NEDA family represented here by Chito Sobrepeña of the Metrobank Foundation, representative of Mayor Joy Belmonte of Quezon City, friends from the media, beloved continue reading : 2019 YEAR-END STATEMENT OF SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA
MESSAGE Jose Miguel R. Dela Rosa Undersecretary for Corporate Affairs AWARDING CEREMONY OF THE SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS 2019 South Wing Lobby, House of Representatives Batasan Pambansa, Quezon City 16 December 2019 Salutations… It is a pleasure to be with volunteers who represent the heart and soul of our country. Today, we are one with continue reading : AS DELIVERED MESSAGE OF UNDERSECRETARY JOSE MIGUEL DELA ROSA AT THE AWARDING CEREMONY OF THE SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS 2019
WELCOME MESSAGE Ernesto M. Pernia, PhD Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning Southeast Asia (SEA) Planning Community of Practice 3rd Technical Workshop Alignment and Coordination of National and Subnational Planning Part II Henann Resort, Panglao, Bohol December 10-12, 2019 Honorable Delegates from our fellow ASEAN states – Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam continue reading : AS DELIVERED WELCOME MESSAGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA AT THE SOUTHEAST ASIA PLANNING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE 3RD TECHNICAL WORKSHOP IN PANGLAO, BOHOL
STATEMENT NEDA OIC ADORACION NAVARRO PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE 2018 FULL-YEAR OFFICIAL POVERTY STATISTICS OF THE PHILIPPINES December 6, 2019 | Century Park Hotel Manila Members of the Philippine Statistics Authority, Colleagues from NEDA, Friends from the media, Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. We are pleased that the official poverty statistics for the continue reading : AS DELIVERED STATEMENT ON THE OFFICIAL POVERTY STATISTICS OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE FULL-YEAR 2018
KEYNOTE SPEECH Ernesto M. Pernia, PhD Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning Data Driven Philippines: The 2019 PH Data Analytics Summit November 21, 2019 Mr. Francis Del Val, President, COBENA; Other guests and officials of COBENA; The Analytics Association of the Philippines and the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines or IMMAP; Distinguished guests and continue reading : KEYNOTE SPEECH OF SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA AT THE DATA DRIVEN PHILIPPINES: THE 2019 PH DATA ANALYTICS SUMMIT
SPEECH Ernesto M. Pernia, PhD Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Culture and Music: Integral Part of Inclusive Development DOST-NRCP Visayas Policy Forum Valuing Music Heritage as Learning, Entertaining and Sustainable Resources SAFAD Theatre, University of San Carlos Talamban, Cebu City November 20, 2019 Co-workers in Government; Distinguished guests and speakers; Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. First, continue reading : SPEECH OF SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA AT THE DOST-NRCP VISAYAS POLICY FORUM
July 25, 2019 MANILA— The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is hopeful that the measure institutionalizing and empowering the agency will pass in the 18th Congress and enable the former to fully carry out its mandate and help sustain the country’s progress over the long-term. “We would like to thank Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Albay continue reading : PASSAGE OF NEDA BILL CRUCIAL IN PH DEVELOPMENT – NEDA
June 4, 2019 BANGKOK – The National Economic and Development Authority highlighted the progress of the Philippines in achieving three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through strong partnerships with the business sector, civil society, and the international community. In a statement before the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Socioeconomic continue reading : NEDA SHARES TO UN BODY PH MILESTONES IN ACHIEVING SDGs
OPENING REMARKS ADORACION M. NAVARRO Undersecretary for Regional Development #AskNEDA Media Briefing May 30, 2019 | 10:15 – 10:35 PM NEDA Board Room, NEDA Central Office Ortigas, Pasig City Friends from the media, Co-workers in NEDA, Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. On behalf of Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia, I am pleased to welcome continue reading : AS DELIVERED: Opening Remarks of OIC Adoracion M. Navarro to the #AskNEDA Media Briefing on May 30, 2019
STATEMENT ERNESTO M. PERNIA, PhD Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Press Conference on the Performance of the Philippine Economy for the First Quarter of 2019 May 09, 2019; 10:00 am Hampton Conference Hall, Second Floor, Astoria Plaza, Pasig City Our Partners from the Philippine Statistics Authority, Colleagues in government, Friends from the media, Ladies and continue reading : STATEMENT OF SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2019
STATEMENT NEDA-OIC ADORACION NAVARRO POVERTY STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2018 Eton Centris Cyberpod Three, EDSA, Quezon City 9:00 AM | April 10, 2019 Members of the Philippine Statistics Authority, Colleagues from NEDA, Friends from the media, Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. I will be delivering NEDA’s statement on behalf of Socioeconomic Planning continue reading : STATEMENT ON THE POVERTY STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2018
KEYNOTE MESSAGE Dr. Ernesto M. Pernia, PhD Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Creating Central Visayas’ Future Today Bohol Tropics, Tagbilaran City, Bohol March 6, 2019 First of all, warmest congratulations and thanks to the organizers of this conference. Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) President Dr. Celia Reyes, Bohol Island State continue reading : KEYNOTE SPEECH OF SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY ERNESTO M. PERNIA AT THE FOURTH INDUSTRY REVOLUTION FORUM IN BOHOL
February 5, 2018 We, the economic managers, are glad to report that the country’s inflation rate in January further slowed down to 4.4 percent. This gives us an auspicious start in our efforts this year to keep inflation manageable and bring it back to the government’s target range of 2 to 4 percent for 2019. January’s inflation outturn continue reading : JOINT STATEMENT ON JANUARY 2019 INFLATION BY THE ECONOMIC TEAM (NEDA-DOF-DBM)