Virtuous Impatience highlights the urgent need in awakening our national policymakers to the importance of bold and rewarding long-term reforms to accelerate economic development.” —Gerardo P. Sicat, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Economics, UP, and First Minister of Economic Planning, NEDA “More so now, these essays remain a timely and valuable reminder of how things have come to be and how things can be.” —Tessie Sy-Coson, Vice Chair, SM Investments Corporation “Former NEDA Secretary Ernesto Pernia's new book is an eye-opener on the current state of our country ... a must-read for policymakers in the government, administrators, political science students, future economists, and social science educators.” —Sherwin T. Gatchalian, Senator of the Philippines

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