Philippine Center for Population Development

Call for Project Proposals 2012

PCPD is inviting interested organizations and individuals to submit project proposals for funding in 2012.

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Newly Approved Projects for 2010

The University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao, Office of Population Studies-University of San Carlos (OPS-USC) and the Demographic Research and Development Foundation (DRDF) are among the new grantees and partners of PCPD.

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Population Management should be mainstreamed in the Philippine Development Agenda

"The rapid population growth in the Philippines over the last several decades has hindered the country's economic development. From 2000 to 2009, the Philippines had one of the highest population growth rates in the Southeast Asian region at 2.04 percent (as of 2007) and the second largest population of more than 92 million in 2009, next only to Indonesia. Download a full version of this policy brief at the resources/papers page of the PCPD website."

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Youth in Nation Development: A Challenge

With the ballooning population, the Philippines can take pride on its workforce of 35.9 million people, which is equivalent to 62% of the country’s population (with ages from 15 to 64 years old), considering that population is the most important resource and the measure of strength of a nation. However, it may also become a burden to the nation if the desired quality of life cannot be sustained due to imbalance between population size, growth, distribution and available resources.

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