The National Economic and Development Authority, abbreviated as NEDA, is an
independent cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for
economic development and planning. It is headed by the President of the
Philippines as chairman of the NEDA board, with the Secretary of
Socio-Economic Planning, concurrently NEDA Director-General, as vice-chairman.
A number of Cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank, the
Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the Governor of
the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the Chairman of the Commission
on Information and Communications Technology, the Chairman of the
Subic-Clark Area Development Corporation, and the National President
of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines are members of the NEDA
Board. The present Director-General is Dr.
Arsenio Balisacan of the University of the Philippines School of Economics.
History The NEDA was established in 1973 with
Dr. Gerardo Sicat as its first director general. With the exception of Sicat,
the Prime Minister of the Philippines was usually the head of the agency
before the First People Power Revolution. President Corazon C. Aquino
re-organized the NEDA into its present form and appointed Winnie Monsod as its
first director-general after EDSA II. = List of NEDA Director-Generals =
Legal Bases The present form of the NEDA was
organized by President Corazon C. Aquino on July 22, 1987 through Executive Order
No. 230. It defined the composition of the NEDA Board and the Secretariat and
its powers and functions, the powers and functions of the Authority and its
committees. On July 26, 1994, President Fidel V.
Ramos signed Memorandum Order No. 222 which reactivated the NEDA Board
Executive Committee and mandating that the decisions of the NEDA Board
Executive Committee shall be final, executory and binding upon the NEDA
Board. On July 27, 1992, president Ramos signed
Republic Act No. 7640, which constituted the Legislative-Executive Development
Advisory Committee. The LEDAC serves as a consultative and advisory body to the
President as the head of the NEDA and gives advice on certain programs and
policies, which are essential to the realization of the goals of national
development. NEDA Board
The powers and functions of the NEDA reside in the NEDA Board. It is the
Philippines' premier social and economic development planning and policy
coordinating body. The Board is composed of the President as chairman, the
Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and NEDA Director-General as vice-chairman,
and the following as members: the Executive Secretary and the Secretaries
of Finance, Trade and Industry, Agriculture, Environment and Natural
Resources, Public Works and Highways, Budget and Management, Labor and
Employment, and Interior and Local Government.
The following have since been added as members to the Board: the Secretaries of
Health, Foreign Affairs, and Agrarian Reform; the Secretary of Science and
Technology; and the Secretary of Transportation and Communications. In
addition, the Secretary of Energy and the Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas. On April 22, 2006, the NEDA Board was
reconstituted through Administrative Order No. 148, adding eight new members
and replacing five original members. The currently NEDA Board Members are:
Benigno Aquino III, Chair, President of the Philippines
Arsenio Balisacan, Vice-Chair, Director-General of National Economic
and Development Authority Florencio Abad, Secretary of Department
of Budget and Management Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Department
of Finance Proceso Alcala, Secretary of Department
of Agriculture Rogelio Singson, Secretary of Department
of Public Works and Highways Ramon Paje, Secretary of Department of
Environment and Natural Resources Joseph Emilio Abaya, Secretary of
Department of Transportation and Communications
Carlos Jericho Petilla, Secretary of Department of Energy
Jose Rene Almendras, Secretary of the Cabinet
Mario Montejo, Secretary of Department of Science and Technology
Amando Tetangco Jr., Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Francis Tolentino, Chairman of Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority Ramon Jimenez, Secretary of Department
of Tourism Gregory Domingo, Secretary of Department
of Trade and Industry Jejomar Binay, Chairman of Housing and
Urban Development Coordinating Council Mujiv Hataman, Governor of the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Julia Abad, Secretary of Presidential
Management Staff Diwa Guinigundo, Deputy Governor of
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Luwalhati Antonino, Chairwoman of
Mindanao Development Authority Alfonso Umali Jr., President of Union of
Local Authorities of the Philippines The Board is assisted by six
Cabinet-level inter-agency committees: Development Budget Coordination
Committee Infrastructure Committee
Investment Coordination Committee Social Development Committee
Committee on Tariff and Related Matters Regional Development Committee
National Land Use Committee. NEDA Secretariat
The NEDA Secretariat serves as the research and technical support arm of
the NEDA Board. It also provides technical staff support and assistance,
including the conduct of studies and formulation of policy measures and other
recommendations on the various aspects of development planning and policy
formulation, and coordination, evaluation and monitoring of plan
implementation. It is headed by a Director-General, with the title of
Secretary for Socio-Economic Planning. He is assisted by three deputy
directors-general each of whom is responsible for:
National Development Office: National Planning and Policy Staff
Agriculture Staff Trade, Industry and Utilities Staff
Infrastructure Staff Social Development Staff
Public Investment Staff Regional Development Office:
Regional Development Coordination Staff Project Monitoring Staff
Regional Offices CentraI Support Office(CSO):
Management Staff Legal Staff
Administrative Staff Information Technology Coordination
Staff Development Information Staff
Other Offices The Legislative-Executive Development
Advisory Council Secretariat. The Scholarship Affairs Secretariat
The Legislative Liaison Office Attached Agencies
Tariff Commission, Public-Private Partnership Center,
Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency,
National Statistical Coordination Board, National Statistics Office,
Statistical Research and Training Center, and
Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
Moreover, the, Philippine Institute for Development Studies is attached to the
NEDA for policy and program coordination or integration.
References About NEDA