Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno describes the budgetary priorities of the Duterte Administration, such as infrastructure, agricultural development and social services, in the panel on Laying the Foundations for Economic Growth, in the forum Economic Outlook for the Philippines: A Discussion with the Philippine Economic Team, held at the International Finance Corporation in Washington DC on 6 October 2016. Joining him on the panel were (from left) Ambassador John Maisto, President of the US-Philippines Society; Meredith Miller, Vice President for Asia of the Albright Stonebridge Group; and Dr Francisco Dakila, Jr., Managing Director at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III (second from right) and Socio-Economic Planning Secretary & NEDA Director General Ernesto Pernia (third from right) lead the panel on Building for the Future of Shared Prosperity, in the forum Economic Outlook for the Philippines: A Discussion with the Philippine Economic Team, held at the International Finance Corporation in Washington DC on 6 October 2016. Secretaries Dominguez and Pernia laid down the Duterte Administration’s 10-point economic agenda that aims on scaling up inclusive growth. Joining them on the panel were (from left) Mr. Vivek Pathak, Director for East Asia and the Pacific of the International Finance Corporation; Dr. Amy Searight, Director of the Southeast Asia Program at CSIS; Mr Thomas O’Flynn, Chief Financial Officer of The AES Corporation; and Moderator Tom Nagorski of the Asia Society.Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III (seated right), Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. (seated left), Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Jr. (standing left), and Socio Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia (standing right) represented the Philippines at the Plenary Session of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Annual Meeting in Washington DC on 7 October 2016.
