Born on August 14, 1957

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, NY, USA, 1984
M. Phil., Economics, Columbia University, NY, USA, 1981
M.A., Economics, Columbia University, NY, USA, 1980
B.A., Economics, Magna cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, MA, USA, 1978 Previous positions /designations

- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Sterling Chair Professor of Economics, from July 2008 - 4 April 2010
(currently on-leave), University of the Philippines, School of Economics, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
- Rosa S. Alvero Professor of Economics, October 1995 to June 2008
- Senior Research Fellow, Bank for International Settlements, Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific, December 2006 to March 2007
- Chair, Economics Department, University of the Philippines School of Economics, June 2001 to Nov. 2006
- Board Member, UPECON Foundation Inc., 1996-2006
- Member, Technical Working Group on the Macroeconomy, National Economic Development Authority, 1997-1998
- Associate Professor of Economics, University of the Philippines, School of Economics, June 1988-September 1995
- Board Member, Philippine Economic Society, 1992-1994
- Member, Council of Fellows, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, 1992-1994
- Vice-Chairman of the University of the Philippines, School of Economics and Director of Undergraduate Admissions, 1988-1991; 1997-2000
- Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Pacific Basin Monetary and Economic Studies, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, July-October, 1991
- Consultant to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banks and Financial Institutions, August 1989-1991
- Consultant on Monetary Affairs to the Secretary for Socio-Economic Planning and NEDA Director General, February 1988 - June 1989
- Assistant Professor of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics, June 1987-May 1988
- Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 1984-May 1987
- Preceptor in Economics, Columbia University, 1981-1983
- Teaching Assistant in Statistics, Columbia University, January 1980 - May 1980