NEDA’s Arroyo to talk on medium term economic plan

MANILA, Philippines – Director for national planning and policy Dennis M. Arroyo of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) will talk on “How the 2009 Medium Term Economic and Development Plan Can Help the Philippines Weather the Global Economic Crisis” before the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations Inc. (CREBA) at noon today.

CREBA national president Jaime A. Cura said Arroyo will speak during the CREBA ninth monthly business meeting at the Hotel Intercontinental Bahia Ballroom.

Arroyo has been NEDA director for national planning since 2005, a key member of the team that prepared the Economic Resiliency Plan, and is currently preparing the strategic plan for the year 2020. He served as consultant of the World Bank in “stocktaking of Social Accountability Initiatives in the Asia and Pacific Region.”

He was visiting fellow of Stanford University in 2007-2008, and obtained his Master of Arts in Economics in 1987 and Bachelor of Arts in Economics in1985 from the  University of the Philippines. He was the 1985 Most Outstanding Student of UP Diliman and a nominee for Most Outstanding Graduate of Class 1985, UP Alumni Association; lifetime member, Philippine Economics Society; fellow of Social Weather Stations (SWS), the pemiere social survey research organization in the country, and fellow, Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy, UP National College of Public Administration and Governance.

Globe Business recognizes the huge role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to the nation’s economic growth as it recently renews its partnership with Planters Development Bank (PDB), the Philippines’ leading development bank committed to the promotion of SMEs in the country.

For the past two years, Globe Business has been a solid partner of PDB in all its events geared towards the service of the Filipino entrepreneurs. This includes the SME Toolkit Roadshow, an avenue where enterprises take advantage of learning modules for improving business competitiveness, as well as explore new business solutions from partners like Globe, and the SME Speaker Series, held in various venues across the nation, which features important and relevant topics from valuable personalities and resources.

According to Globe Business Corporate and SME Segments head Manny Aligada, Globe is committed “in every effort that PDB makes, from live events to the various campaigns and promotions that it makes for the Filipino business community…we intend to be constantly present, and constantly at the service of SMEs.”

“I am proud to see how we have both remained true to our commitment to the development and growth of SMEs, and to the success of the Filipino entrepreneurs,” Aligada added.

Globe Business has been providing the right business solutions to SMEs. –(The Philippine Star)