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About AER

Action for Economic Reforms (AER) was founded in 1996 by a group of progressive Filipino scholars and activists,

as an independent, reform-oriented and activist policy group.

It works on four main areas:

AER’s Fiscal Policy Program highlights tax equity and justice...

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy
Data-Driven Development

This program aims to promote human-centered data-driven development in the country through which the local actors...

AER's Access to Information objective is to strengthen Freedom of Information (FOI)...

Freedom of Information
Industrial Policy

AER’s Industrial Policy Program seeks to highlight the links between the national advocacy...

AER provides timely and sharp policy positions based on a grasp of economic, legal and political tools. Complex economic and governance issues are scrutinized with analytical, technical and political sophistication, carefully handling finer points such as timing, sequencing, policy mix, and tradeoffs.

How We Work

AER’s independence and rigor enable it to credibly engage the various branches of government, social movements, academe, media, interest groups and international institutions. AER employs various strategies to influence or change policy and practice: research and analysis, lobby and dialogue, networking and coalition building, legal action, media work, publication, and public education.

What sets us apart

Our Vision

A dynamic Philippine economy characterized by sustainable, equitable, and inclusive development.

Our Mission

To advocate economic and governance policies and practices that promote Philippine development through independent, rigorous, and timely research, analysis, and engagement.

Core Values

Action orientedness

Empathy

Collaboration

Agility

Rigor

Integrity

Principles

Equity and

Fairness

Sustainable and Inclusive Development

Participation and

Engagement

Transparency and Accountability

People-centered governance

Putting in place a macroeconomic environment that addresses equity, democratization, and sustainability.

Building capacity of people’s organizations and non-government organizations to intervene in economic policy issues

Developing policy alternatives and building economic strategies

Influencing policy and winning concrete policy reforms.

COMPANY GOALS

What we want to achieve

People of Action for Economic Reforms

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Filomeno Sta. Ana III

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Jessica Reyes-Cantos

PRESIDENT

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Jenina Joy Chavez

COLLABDEV CHIEF OF PARTY

Sin Tax Reforms
Freedom of Information
Clean Fuels for the Poor
Policy Reforms on Investments

Programs and Campaigns