Cielito Flores HabitoAPFED Policy Dialogue on CSR for Env. Mgt and Sustainable Devt in Asia and the Pacific

Accessed 18 October 2010. (born 20 April 1953 in

Cabuyao Cabuyao, officially the City of Cabuyao ( fil, Lungsod ng Cabuyao), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 355,330 people. It used to be known as the "riche ...

, Laguna) or "Ciel" Habito is a

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economist, professor, and columnist. He served concurrently as the Director-General of the

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and Socio-Economic Planning Secretary during the Ramos administration.National Economic and Development Authority

Retrieved, 2 October 2010.The Philippine Daily Inquirer

, Manila, 22 June 2010. Retrieved, 2 October 2010. He is one of the 1991 Ten Outstanding Young Men Awardees for Economics.orosa.org

Retrieved, 2 October 2010.

Early life and education

Habito was born on 20 April 1953 in

, Laguna. He studied at the Maquiling School in Los Baños, Laguna, Los Baños for grade school, then at the

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for secondary education. He attended the

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for his tertiary education, earning a degree in Agriculture, major in Agricultural Economics and graduating Summa Cum Laude. He then attended the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, where he earned a Master of Economics degree. He also obtained a

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in Economics and a

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in Economics at the

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Career

Academic career

Habito currently teaches

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at the

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. He was also director of the Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, a research unit in economics and economic policy at the same university, before being succeeded by Dr. Leonardo Lanzona.Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development. School of Social Sciences (as of 2012

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Columnist

He writes a weekly column entitled ''No Free Lunch'' in the

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's opinion section. From August 2003 to June 2010, he wrote for the same newspaper's business section. Before writing for the Inquirer, his column was formerly published at

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.The Manila Times

, 24 July 2011. Retrieved, 12 July 2012. In 2012, Habito and the Inquirer published a book featuring a selection of his previous articles for the newspaper.Philippine Daily Inquirer

6 February 2012. Retrieved, 12 July 2012.National Book Store Online

Retrieved, 12 July 2012.

References

External links

''No Free Lunch'', Philippine Daily Inquirer
Latest Columns of Dr. Habito {{DEFAULTSORT:Habito, Cielito 1953 births Filipino business and financial journalists Filipino columnists Directors-General of the National Economic and Development Authority of the Philippines People from Cabuyao Academic staff of Ateneo de Manila University Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni University of the Philippines Los Baños alumni Living people Ramos administration cabinet members Philippine Daily Inquirer people University of New England (Australia) alumni