{"id":4715,"date":"2003-12-12T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-12T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2025-01-08T09:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T01:21:07","slug":"addressing-the-demographic-crisis-in-a-collective-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=4715","title":{"rendered":"Addressing the Demographic Crisis in a Collective Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senator Rodolfo G. Biazon<br>Senator, Republic of the Philippines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.57043\/transnastphl.2003.4715\">http:\/\/doi.org\/10.57043\/transnastphl.2003.4715<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The population of the Philippines, at an annual growth rate of 2.36%, reached 80 million in 2003 and is expected to double within 29 years if this rate does not decline. While the model of demographic transition predicts that all countries will, over time, go through the four demographic transition stages, it is recognized that the Philippines is now in a demographic crisis that needs urgent solutions to ensure the survival of future generations. The paper describes the current realities regarding population pressures in terms of poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, environmental degradation, land conversion, urbanization, low economic growth, and increasing overseas employment of Filipinos. The need for a relevant population policy that integrates the variables of population, health, and environment is underscored. The paper also describes the proposed Integrated Population and Development Act filed in the Congress of the Philippines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?tag=demographic-crisis\" rel=\"tag\">demographic crisis<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?tag=philippines\" rel=\"tag\">Philippines<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?tag=population-policy\" rel=\"tag\">population policy<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\"  class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TNP-2003-25-2_1_Addressing-Demographic-Crisis-Collectively.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:1091px\" aria-label=\"Embed of TNP 2003 (25, 2)_1_Addressing Demographic Crisis Collectively.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d91bfe32-d3d2-4c3e-bc7f-c0f18c0149bb\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TNP-2003-25-2_1_Addressing-Demographic-Crisis-Collectively.pdf\">TNP 2003 (25, 2)_1_Addressing Demographic Crisis Collectively<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TNP-2003-25-2_1_Addressing-Demographic-Crisis-Collectively.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d91bfe32-d3d2-4c3e-bc7f-c0f18c0149bb\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rodolfo G. 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