paper provides a perspective on population as it impacts the labor market and poverty. It then discusses issues of fertility … considerations in a country’s development strategy to promote rapid and sustained economic growth, full employment, poverty reduction …. Significantly reducing unemployment and poverty can be achieved not solely through job generation but also by managing the quantity …

children they may bear since the intensity of their poverty as measured by average income to poverty ratio and food consumption … program to succeed, it must be part of an anti poverty strategy. …

puzzle in the Philippines. On the one hand, a majority of Filipinos regard rapid population growth as an impediment to … issue are the negative externalities that sustained high fertility brings to bear on economic growth, the environment …, inequality and poverty. These externalities plus the fact that women, particularly in poor households, are having more children …

on the Philippines, it first notes marked disparities across its regions as reflected in economic and social indicators …

agriculture a key pillar in the country’s pursuit of inclusive growth, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. …