WHAT’S IN A NUMBER? by timothy2011 Several persons on Facebook have been citing the Philippines’ real GDP growth rate as only 1.1% in building their argument for passing an RH bill. The argument is this: with an economic growth rate of GDP = 1.1% being lower that the population growth rate (PGR) of 1.95% (which […]
February 4, 2011 by timothy2011
PHILIPPINE POPULATION TRENDS: POPULATION GROWTH AND TOTAL FERTILITY ARE DROPPING Do not be deceived by alarmist claims that “too many babies are being born too soon” or that the Philippines has “runaway population growth.” These claims simply are not borne-out by the numbers. The Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) published the following estimates of […]
April 30, 2011 by timothy2011
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