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{{Infobox company
| name = Action for Economic Reforms
| type = public interest organization
| foundation = 1996
| location = West Trade Center, West Avenue, Quezon City 1104
| key_people = See [http://www.aer.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=471&Itemid=71title Women and Men of AER]
| area_served = [[Philippines]]
| industry = research and advocacy
| products = policy analysis, publications
| homepage =http://www.aer.ph "...General principles are not enough to deal with complex issues that require nuanced analysis. The gains of the reform struggle will ultimately be measured in concrete terms: the specific features, the context, the enabling conditions, the timing, the phasing, and the sequencing..." - From [http://www.aer.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=472&Itemid=68 Chartering New Paths, AER's mission statement]
}}

'''Action for Economic Reforms (AER)''' is a Philippine [[non-government organization]] engaged in research and advocacy.<ref name="adb.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.adb.org/AnnualMeeting/2002/NGOs/PHI.asp |title=Annual Meeting - NGOs - Philippines - ADB.org |accessdate=2008-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607091642/http://www.adb.org/AnnualMeeting/2002/NGOs/PHI.asp |archivedate=2008-06-07 }}</ref> It was founded in 1996 by a group of progressive scholars and activists as an "independent, reform-oriented and activist policy group".

AER works on macroeconomic issues, with an emphasis on [[fiscal policy]] and [[tax policy]] and administration,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=2125 |title=More drastic moves urged to cushion impact of higher oil prices |first=Jaileen |last=Jimeno |date=January 9, 2008 |publisher=Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118054751/http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=2125 |archive-date=2008-01-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and looks at their impact on equity, poverty reduction, and sustainability. As part of its macroeconomic intervention, AER also addresses [[exchange rate]], monetary, and [[trade]] issues.

AER likewise concerns itself with creating the conditions for long-term growth. In this context, AER gives attention to the role of institutions. It has pursued advocacy on building [[state capacity]] that will enable markets and correct both market and government failures. A key aspect of the work on institutions is the [http://www.aer.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=70&Itemid=49 promotion of transparency], especially pushing for a [[Freedom of Information law]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id%3D46117 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802190818/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=46117 |archivedate=2009-08-02 }} People’ right to know upheld in Freedom of Information bill, ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''</ref>

AER also forges strong links with civil society organizations, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090802153851/http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2006/0526_pimentel2.asp legislators] and other government officials, as well as technocrats and academics towards building alliances to secure progressive reforms.

While Philippine concerns occupy an extensive part of its programs, AER is also known for its regional and global work on crucial development issues like [[financing for development]], the [[Millennium Development Goals]], international trade, capital flows, [[regional integration]] as well as government transparency and disclosure.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=1457&zone=org&action=org&org=3862 |title=Global Development Network |access-date=2008-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802113459/http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=1457&zone=org&action=org&org=3862 |archive-date=2009-08-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among official multilateral institutions that AER has worked with are United Nations agencies, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Monetary Fund]], the [[Asian Development Bank]], and the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.gov.ph/news/pr/pr2005/jan/pr957.htm |title=Sfa-Agr-957-05 |accessdate=2008-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122094442/http://www.dfa.gov.ph/news/pr/pr2005/jan/pr957.htm |archivedate=2008-11-22 }} EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO FUND FOUR (4) RP PROJECTS WORTH PHP 28 MILLION, ''Department of Foreign Affairs Press Release''</ref> Among AER's international NGO partners are [http://www.christianaid.org.uk/whatwedo/asia/philippines.aspx Christian Aid], [http://www.oxfam.org/ Oxfam], [[Focus on the Global South]], the [http://www.ifitransparency.org/ Global Transparency Initiative], the [http://www.networkideas.org/ International Development Economic Associates] (IDEAs) and the [[Tax Justice Network]]. It has also collaborated with economists including Nobel Prize recipient [[Joseph Stiglitz]]<ref name="adb.org"/> and UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Jomo K. Sundaram.<ref>http://www.networkideas.org/ideasact/nov04/ia02_IDEAs_Bangkok_Manila.htm IDEAs Workshop on 'Liberalisation, Macroeconomic Policy and Development options in Asia'</ref>

AER writes weekly columns in two major Philippine business dailies. [http://www.aer.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=67&Itemid=63 ''Yellow Pad''] is published in the BusinessWorld and takes on political, social and economic policy issues affecting the [[Philippines]]. Manuel Buencamino writes political commentaries for AER in the Business Mirror column, called [http://www.aer.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=68&Itemid=72 ''Dispatches from the Enchanted Kingdom'']. These articles, policy papers, and statements can be found on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080825123028/http://www.aer.ph/index.php AER website] as well as in the [http://serp-p.pids.gov.ph/ Socioeconomic Research Portal of the Philippines]. AER has publications such as The State and the Market : Essays on a Socially Oriented Philippine Economy<ref>The State and the Market: Essays on a Socially Oriented Philippine Economy. Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III (ed.). Action for Economic Reforms; 1998. Distributed exclusively by Ateneo de Manila Univ. Pr.</ref> and The Philippine Electric Power Industry Reform.<ref>Malaluan, Nepomuceno.(2003)The Philippine Electric Power Industry Reform: A tragedy of ADB and World Bank Private Sector Fundamentalism and Unaccountable Government. Quezon City: Action for Economic Reforms</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.aer.ph Action for Economic Reforms website]
* [http://www.r1phils.org/ Rice Watch Action Network (R1)] - a group of organizations working to pursue policy changes in rice particularly in the area of trade and the nature of rice farming systems in the Philippines. Action for Economic Reforms is a member of R1.

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[[Category:Research institutes in Metro Manila]]
[[Category:Think tanks based in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Political advocacy groups in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Economic reforms]]

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