Cayetano Paderanga Jr.

Cayetano Paderanga Jr.
Cayetano Paderanga Jr. in July 2011
7th Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
Concurrently Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
In office
August 3, 2010 – May 10, 2012[1]
PresidentBenigno Aquino III
Preceded byRalph Recto
Augusto Santos (acting)
Succeeded byArsenio Balisacan
In office
1990–1992
PresidentCorazon Aquino
Preceded byJesus Estanislao
Succeeded byCielito Habito
Personal details
Born(1948-10-09)October 9, 1948
Camiguin Province, Philippines
DiedJanuary 29, 2016(2016-01-29) (aged 67)
Taguig, Philippines
SpouseDelia C. Paderanga
Children2
Alma materStanford University
University of Asia and the Pacific
De La Salle University
OccupationEconomist, NEDA Director General, Economics Professor

Cayetano "Dondon" Paderanga Jr. (October 9, 1948 – January 29, 2016) was a Filipino economist and former Director-General[2] of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), a cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning.

Paderanga previously served as NEDA Director-General from 1990 to 1992, under former President Corazon C. Aquino's presidency and was a member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of the Philippines from 1993 to 1999.[3] He was also Executive Director for the Philippines in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 2001 to 2003.[4]

A native of Camiguin province in Northern Mindanao, Paderanga was a graduate of the Center for Research and Communication (now the University of Asia & the Pacific) and De La Salle University and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in California, USA. Paderanga was also a professor of economics at the University of the Philippines School of Economics.

  1. ^ "Aquino appoints UP's Dean Balisacan as new NEDA chief | Money | GMA News Online". Gmanetwork.com. 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  2. ^ nfo.ph. "Cayetano Paderanga Jr." Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Manila, 1 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. ^ Former Senior Government Officials "Cayetano Paderanga Jr.", Manila, 21 January 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Prof. Paderanga named NEDA Director General". Archived from the original on July 28, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.