Benjamin E Diokno

	Complete Name:	Benjamin E. Diokno
	Nickname:	"Ben"
	Highest / Last Position Held:	Former Secretary
	Department / Institution:	Department of Budget and Management

Government Positions Occupied
Agency	Year	Highest Position Occupied
Department of Budget and Management	1998-2001	Secretary for Budget and Management
Philippine National Oil Company	1988-1991	Chairman and CEO
Local Water Utilities Administration	1990-1991	Chairman of the Board of Directors
Department of Budget and Management	1986-1991	Undersecretary for Budget Operations

Current Work and Position
Name of Institution		Position
School of Economics, University of the Philippines		Philippine National Bank Professor of Economics


Area of Expertise
Public economics with focus on structure and scope of government; tax policies and tax reform; government expenditure analysis; national budget, deficit and public debt; and decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations.
Public expenditure management
Resource economics with focus on public policy on water and oil
Economic development with focus on ASEAN transition economies and China

Former Senior Government Officials