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Federico M. Macaranas, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Finance, Accounting and Economics
Academic Background
- Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Purdue University (USA)
- Master of Science in Economics, Purdue University (USA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics (cum laude), University of the Philippines, Diliman
Professional and Academic Experience
- Assistant Professor, Manhattan College
- Chairman: Economics and Finance Department, Manhattan College
- Research Institute Director, School of Business, Manhattan College
- Assistant Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, Corazon Aquino administration
- Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, Fidel Ramos Administration
- Chairman, 1996 Senior Officials Meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- President: Clemente Holdings (Asia) Ltd.
- Senior Adviser and Economic Adviser: First Philippine Fund (New York)
Affiliations, Awards, and Honors
- 2001 Recipient of the Gawad Mabini, Dakilang Kamanong Award, the highest award given by the Philippine government for diplomatic service
- 2008 Recipient of Ten Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Award in Economics, award given by JCI Senate Philippines
- Manhattan College Board of Trustees Award for Excellence as a Teacher/Scholar
- Elected to the International Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi (1967), Pi Gamma Mu (1967), Beta Gamma Sigma (1972), and Omicron Delta Epsilon (1979)
- 1969 First Filipino invited by Nobel laureates to a Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
Books
- Going Global Together. Co-authored with Maria Elena Baltazar Herrera, Ph.D. 2015
- CHANGE eXCELS: Change Management Excellence in School Leadership for Southeast Asia. “A flexible on-line learning package on strengthening the capacity of school heads to become change leaders and managers as well as transformers of the future within and beyond their school community”. 2011
- Chapter 6: Business Models in Asia-Pacific Transnational Education. The Asia-Pacific Education Market by Christopher Findlay and William Tierney. PECC-APRU, 2008
- Lifelong Learning in the Philippines. Published by International Labour Organization, October 2007
- Democracy and Discipline Second Edition. Co-authored with Dr. Scott Thompson. Published by UST Publishing House, September 2007
- Democracy and Discipline. Co-authored with Dr. Scott Thompson. Published by UST Publishing House, December 2006
- The Philippines. Chapter 4: Special Issues in the EAI Bilateral FTAs. The Economics of the Enterprise for ASEAN Initiative by Seiji F. Naya and Michael G. Plummer. ISEAS Publications, Singapore, 2005
- Reliving APEC 1996: Select Document and Speeches, Published by the Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines in cooperation with the Foreign Service Institute, November 1997
- Building an Asia-Pacific Spirit of Community, Published by the Presidential Task Force on the Publication of the APEC 1996 Commemorative Book, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, November 1997
- APEC and the Philippines: Catching the Next Wave, Manila, 1996 (contains sections on trade and investment liberalization, trade promotion, standards and conformance, customs procedures, intellectual property rights, etc.)
- The Road to Subic: Selected Speeches on APEC by Filipino Leaders, (co-edited with the Foreign Service Institute), Manila, 1996 (contains section on customs procedures)
Policy Papers
- Towards Optimal Budget Resource Utilization at the Department of Foreign Affairs: Focus on Foreign Service Posts and the International Commitment Funds (A Zero-Based Budgeting Attempt), Philippine Institute for Development Studies, March 2013
- The Philippine Trust Index 2011, The Level and Drivers of Trust in Stakeholder Groups in the Philippines, EON, May 2012
- Prospects for Philippine Competitiveness, A Report to the Local Implementation of National Competitiveness for Economic Growth, A USAID – supported project managed by Nathan Associates Inc., November 2011
- Deconstruction Through ICT and Other Ideas for a Knowledge-Era Philippines, Published by AIM Policy Center in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, February 2004
- The State of Philippine Competitiveness 2003, Published by AIM Policy Center in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, December 2003
- The State of Philippine Competitiveness 2002, Published by AIM Policy Center in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, September 2002
- The State of Philippine Competitiveness 2001: Finding Workable Solutions, Published by AIM Policy Center in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2001
Published Articles
- Decomposing The Public-Private Wage Gap for Nurses in the Philippines. Co-authored with Jamil Paolo Francisco, Ph.D. The Southeast Asian Journal of Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1 June 2015, pp. 27-52
- The State of Philippine Competitiveness: An Overview. The SGV Review, Issue No. 2 September 2003
- “Miracles of a Lesser God: East Asian Economies in the New Millennium”, Book Review on Innovative East Asia: The Future of Growth (Yusuf, Shahid, et.al, World Bank, 2003), AIM Journal for Business and Development, Vol.1, No.1, pp.167-175
- Book Review on Coalition-Building and APEC (Villacorta, Wilfrido V., Editor, 2001), Philippine Journal of Development, Volume XXIX, No.2, pp.219-224
- “Not All Emerging Markets are Alike”, Philippine Business (A Makati Business Club Publication), Volume 4, No. 4, pp. 26-29
- “Southeast Asia’s Currency Turmoil and APEC’s Agenda”, BusinessWorld, November 21-22, 1997, p. 5
- “The Pitfalls of the Philippine-Thai Comparison”, The Asian Wall Street Journal, 28 May 1997, p. 10
- Policy Center in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, December 2003
- The State of Philippine Competitiveness 2002, Published by AIM Policy Center in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, September 2002
- The State of Philippine Competitiveness 2001: Finding Workable Solutions, Published by AIM Policy Center in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2001
- Comments on Mr. Florian A. Alburo’s paper “An Overview of the Emerging World Economic Environment”, Paderanga, Cayetano Jr., The Philippines in the Emerging World Environment: Globalization at a Glance, UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies, UP Press, December 1996
Newsletters
- “The View from the Philippines”, the official publication of the Clemente Group of Companies on current developments in the Philippines and East Asia; (4 issues) December 1997– March 1998
- Editor/Writer, Clemente Asia-Pacific Newsletter, monthly publication of Clemente Capital, Inc., New York City, 1980-83