President Fidel V. Ramos Residence Los Banos, Philippines Role Economist | Name Cielito Habito Nationality Filipino Succeeded by Felipe Medalla | |
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Preceded by Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. Born April 20, 1953 (age 70)
Cabuyao City, Laguna ( 1953-04-20 ) Alma mater Harvard University
University of New England
University of the Philippines Los Banos
Philippine Science High School
Maquiling School Profession Economist
Professor
Columnist Education University of New England | ||
Philippine economic briefing with prof cielito habito
Cielito Flores Habito (born April 20, 1953 in Cabuyao City, Laguna) or "Ciel" Habito is a Filipino economist, professor, and columnist. He served concurrently as the Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority and Socio-Economic Planning Secretary during the Ramos administration.
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- Philippine economic briefing with prof cielito habito
- Cielito habito
- Early life and education
- Academic career
- Columnist
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He is one of the 1991 Ten Outstanding Young Men Awardees for Economics.
Cielito habito
Early life and education
Habito was born on April 20, 1953 in Cabuyao City, Laguna. He studied at the Maquiling School in Los Baños for grade school, then at the Philippine Science High School for secondary education. He attended the University of the Philippines Los Baños 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 Master of Arts in Economics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics at the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Academic career
Habito currently teaches Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University. 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.
Columnist
He writes a weekly column entitled No Free Lunch in the Philippine Daily Inquirer'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 The Manila Times.
In 2012, Habito and the Inquirer published a book featuring a selection of his previous articles for the newspaper.