Essay On Population Management In The Philippines

The geographic location of the Philippines is situated along the “Ring of Fire”, or typhoon belt – a large Pacific Ocean region where many of Earth’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur, makes Philippines prone to natural disasters like typhoons, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and other natural disasters, causing massive damage to infrastructure and the death toll. According to the indexmundi (2014), demographics of the Philippines: total population of was around 107.6 million, 52.7% of its population falls under the age band of less than 25 years, followed by 37% at the age band of 25 to 54 years and lastly 10.3% are 55 and above, resulting in a high youth dependency ratio but low elderly dependency ratio. It was estimated that around half of the population stay in urban areas and the other half in rural areas and the sex ratio is 1 male per female. The average life expectancy was set at 72.48 years, 91.8% of the population have access to improved drinking water source, but a low of 74.3% of the population have access to sanitation facility access. 4.1% of the GDP is allocated for health care purpose, the ratio of hospital beds and physicians is 1 and 1.15 receptively to 1000 population and a high risk of infecting with diseases

The economic gains/benefits refers to the potential economic gains from the move before they decided on the move, i.e. increase in salary/remuneration package, better welfare, etc. This is applicable whether it is the upper tier of foreign talents or lower tier of foreign laborers. Sharing same views by Tan (2015), “Good pay, good governance. The payroll in Singapore is generally better than our neighboring countries and I think that’s the main attraction for people to come and work in Singapore” and Sundaram (2015) , “A stable and neutral environment to work and earn money. Ultimately, I left my home to be here to create a better life for my family back home. So, good salary and a safe environment to live and work in is