{{Short description|Filipino economist and statistician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dennis Mapa | alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|6}} | birth_place = [[Bacolod]], Philippines | office = 2nd National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] | predecessor = [[Lisa Bersales|Lisa Grace Bersales]] | president = [[Rodrigo Duterte]] <br/> [[Bongbong Marcos]] | profession = Economist and statistician | birth_name = Claire Dennis Sioson Mapa | term_start = May 27, 2019 | image = Photo of Dr. Mapa.jpg | education = [[University of the Philippines School of Economics]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[PhD]]), University of the Philippines School of Statistics ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]]) }}
'''Claire Dennis Sioson Mapa''' (born November 6, 1969) is a [[Filipinos|Filipino]] economist and statistician. He is the National Statistician and Civil Registrar General (NSCRG) of the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] with a rank of Undersecretary as appointed by President [[Rodrigo Duterte]]. He succeeds [[Lisa Bersales|Lisa Grace Bersales]] whose tenure ended on 22 April 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bworldonline.com/duterte-appoints-new-psa-head/|title=Duterte appoints new PSA head {{!}} BusinessWorld|last=Charm|first=Neil|website=[[BusinessWorld]] |date=28 May 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>
He served as dean and professor at the School of Statistics at the [[University of the Philippines Diliman|University of the Philippines]] in Diliman, [[Quezon City]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://upd.edu.ph/mapa-outlines-plans-for-stat/|title=Mapa outlines plans for Stat|last=Albino C. Gamba Jr., image by Leonardo A. Reyes|date=December 2014|website=UPDate Diliman|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref> and as the vice president and executive director of the UP Statistical Center Research Foundation.<ref name=":0" />
== Early life == Born on November 6, 1969, in [[Bacolod]], [[Negros Occidental]],{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}, Mapa obtained his bachelor's degree in [[statistics]] at the University of the Philippines School of Statistics in 1990.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.psai.ph/details.php?id=69|title=Congratulations to Dr. Claire Dennis S. Mapa as the new National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of the Philippine Statistics Authority effective 27 May 2019.|website=www.psai.ph|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>
After teaching for two years at the [[University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos]], he went back to the UP School of Statistics to be an instructor and enrolled in Master of Science in statistics.<ref name=":1" /> mid-way through his graduate studies, he pursued his long-time interest in economics at the UP School of Economics (UPSE).<ref name=":2" /> He earned his degrees in MA Economics and MS Statistics in 2002 and 2004, respectively.<ref name=":2" />
He was then awarded a fellowship at the [[University of the Philippines School of Economics|UP School of Economics]], where he pursued his Ph.D. in economics in 2008.<ref name=":2" />
== Career == Mapa is the past president of the Philippine Statistical Association, Inc. (PSAI) Board of Directors, and a member of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) Advisory Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1070918|title=NEDA welcomes new national statistician|website=www.pna.gov.ph|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref> In addition, he served as the Dean of the UP School of Statistics from September 2014 to 2017, and was re-appointed by Former UP President [[Alfredo Pascual]] in which Mapa served his second term as Dean from 2017 to 2020. However, his second term was cut short in May 2019 when he was appointed as Undersecretary of the PSA.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://upd.edu.ph/mapa-outlines-plans-for-stat/|title=Mapa Outlines Plans for Stat|last=UPDate Diliman|date=|website=|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref>
He continuously serves as a resource person in capacity building undertakings in the area of [[Econometrics|econometric]] methods. He has conducted trainings for the technical staff of various government agencies such as the [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas|Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)]], [[National Economic and Development Authority|National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)]], the Population Commission (POPCOM), [[Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines)|Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)]], [[Department of Social Welfare and Development|Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)]], [[Philippine Competition Commission|Philippine Competition Commission (PCC)]], [[Philippine Statistics Authority|Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)]] and the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI). He was also invited by the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs to serve as a resource speaker during their policy discussions on the country's TRAIN Law in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/231709-up-dean-dennis-mapa-appointed-national-statistician/|title=U.P. dean Dennis Mapa appointed national statistician|last=Ranada|first=Pia|website=Rappler|date=28 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>
On May 27, 2019, Mapa was officially appointed by President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] as the second National Statistician and Civil Registrar General succeeding Lisa Grace Bersales. He will serve as the Undersecretary of the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] for five years.<ref name=":0" />
On May 30, 2024, the [[Presidential Communications Group]] announced Mapa's reappointment by the President as PSA national statistician and civil registrar general, extending his term for another five years.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=PSA Chief Mapa gets fresh five-year term|url= https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1946915/psa-chief-mapa-gets-fresh-five-year-term|accessdate=May 31, 2024 |publisher= [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
=== Work in the Philippine Statistics Authority === Mapa is heading the [[Philippine Statistics Authority|Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)]]. Among the programs implemented by the agency include the [[PhilSys|Philippine Identification System]] (PhilSys)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/kmcd/RA%2011055.pdf|title=RA 1105 – An Act Establishing the Philippine Identification System|last=Philippine Statistics Authority|website=|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref> and the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2019/04apr/20190417-RA-11315-RRD.pdf|title=RA 11315 – An Act Establishing a Community-Based Monitoring System and Appropriating Funds Thereof|website=|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref>
The PSA is also set to conduct of the Census of Population and Housing (CPH) in May 2020.
In addition to the PhilSys and the CBMS, Mapa's leadership has set three goals for the PSA: to harmonize all official statistics reported by the PSA, to introduce new techniques and technologies in statistics (NTTS), and to urgently address the issues concerning the Civil Registration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psa.gov.ph/content/psa-6th-anniversary-message-national-statistician-and-civil-registrar-general|title=PSA 6th Anniversary – Message from the National Statistician and Civil Registrar General|last=Philippine Statistics Authority|website=|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref>
== Awards and recognition == Mapa has been awarded the ''One UP Professorial Chair'' (2016–2018; 2019–2021), the [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas]] (BSP) ''Sterling Professor in Government and Official Statistics'' (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019), the ''Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture'' (SEARCA) ''Regional Professorial Chair for poverty research'' (2015), and the ''UP Centennial Professorial Chair'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bsp.gov.ph/events/pcls/papers_2018.htm|title=BSP:: Lecture Papers|website=www.bsp.gov.ph|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>
He is also the ''2008 National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Outstanding Young Scientist'' in the field of economics. He was a visiting scholar at the International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD) in Japan, the Gross National Happiness Commission of [[Bhutan]] and the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) in Germany.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artcldisppage/?artcsyscode=ART-20190226173712|title=Social Weather Stations {{!}} Kapihan sa SWS with Dr. Dennis Mapa -- Food Inflation, Job Misery, and Hunger Incidence in the Philippines: A Panel Data Analysis|website=www.sws.org.ph|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>
His research in the areas of [[poverty]] analysis, household savings, [[fertility]], [[population dynamics]], measuring [[market risk]], and [[Forecasting|forecasting methods]] for volatility has won awards from the NAST. This includes the ''Best Scientific Paper Award'' in 2007, 2010, and 2011 and the ''Best Scientific Poster Award'' in 2009, 2010, and 2011.<ref name=":3" />
== Published research == He has written chapters for nationally and internationally published books and monographs in the areas of [[human population|population]], [[poverty]] and [[hunger]], [[youth unemployment]], and [[energy]]. He has also written for ''The Philippine Statistician'', ''The Philippine Review of Economics'', ''The Philippine Journal of Development'', and the ''Asian Economic Journal'', among others. He has been involved in more than 40 research undertakings, mostly involving policy researches in both public and private sectors.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spheres.dost.gov.ph/sci-profile.php?i=000576|title=DOST-STII {{!}} SPHERES|website=spheres.dost.gov.ph|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>
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