The board of trustees, management, and staff of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) deeply mourn the demise of Dr. Ponciano Intal Jr., president of the Institute from 1991 to 1998. He was an indispensable pillar in the institution building of PIDS and instrumental to the advancement of policy research and ASEAN studies in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region.
A brilliant economist and administrator, he wrote numerous papers and led various research projects on international trade and economic relations, agroindustrial adjustment, agricultural pricing and R&D policy, macroeconomic policy, poverty and inclusive growth, and regional integration.
Dr. Intal was senior economist and senior policy fellow of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia at the time of his passing. He also served as undersecretary of the National Economic and Development Authority, executive director of the De La Salle University Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies, and chairman of the Department of Economics of the University of the Philippines Los Banos.
As we celebrate his life’s work, we join his wife Miren and daughter Noelle in mourning and express our deepest condolences for the loss of an exceptional man.
A brilliant economist and administrator, he wrote numerous papers and led various research projects on international trade and economic relations, agroindustrial adjustment, agricultural pricing and R&D policy, macroeconomic policy, poverty and inclusive growth, and regional integration.
Dr. Intal was senior economist and senior policy fellow of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia at the time of his passing. He also served as undersecretary of the National Economic and Development Authority, executive director of the De La Salle University Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies, and chairman of the Department of Economics of the University of the Philippines Los Banos.
As we celebrate his life’s work, we join his wife Miren and daughter Noelle in mourning and express our deepest condolences for the loss of an exceptional man.
