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Date Posted: 19:18:51 11/18/12 Sun
Author: IMRD
Subject: Nov 17, 2012

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/308312/rh-bill-now-in-houses-court-palace

RH bill now in House’s court–Palace
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
7:18 am | Saturday, November 17th, 2012
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Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Amid the backing of big business for the passage of the reproductive health (RH) bill, Malacañang on Friday said the ball was now in the court of the House of Representatives.
“We’ve already made our position on responsible parenthood. It will be up to the legislature on how to take that particular piece of information that you have—companies of the private sector (that) are saying that if this is passed, we will help you with your projects,” said deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte at a Palace briefing.
At the summit on family planning in the business sector the other day, representatives of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Employment Confederation of the Philippines, Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) signed a “manifesto of support” calling for a national modern family planning program.
The business groups also vowed to “mobilize investments for family planning and other reproductive health services” as well as implement family planning programs for the poor as part of their corporate social responsibility.
Valte said the message put forward by the country’s biggest business organizations should be clear enough for the lawmakers. If the proposed legislation is passed, she said the Palace would support the projects that would be executed.
Valte reiterated that President Aquino’s position on RH was clear.
The bill is envisioned by the Aquino administration to provide Filipinos with a universal access to modern family planning methods.
“It’s really not as much as the Palace position but the advocacy behind responsible parenthood,” she said, when asked if the support of big business would strengthen the Palace’s position.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/56546/family-planning-to-pay-demographic-dividend

Family planning to pay ‘demographic dividend’
By Philip C. Tubeza, Yangchen Choden Rinzin
Philippine Daily Inquirer
6:34 am | Saturday, November 17th, 2012
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MANILA, Philippines—Family planning will result in a “demographic dividend” that could drive the economic growth of developing countries like the Philippines, according to a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report.
The State of World Population 2012 report said one-third of the growth of the Asian “tiger” economies was due to a demographic shift in which the number of income-generating adults became higher than those depending on them for support.
“This shift… was a consequence of family planning and brought increased productivity, leading to economic development in the region,” the UNFPA said in a statement.
The report said that greater access to family planning could improve the well-being of women, men, children and increased opportunities to invest in schooling and other forms of human capital. This would result in greater participation in labor markets, increasing productivity and raising incomes, savings, and investment.
“Declines in mortality, followed by declines in fertility, lead to changes in the age-structure of the population and also produces an aggregate ‘demographic dividend’ at the level of countries,” the report said.
While in the early stages of the demographic transition—when the share of the population that is young starts to grow—countries may be required to spend more on schools, health clinics, housing, and other infrastructure, but this eventually pays off in the long-term, according to the report.
“This relocation of resources towards the young, who consume but do not produce, may not be conducive to immediate improvements in economic growth rates,” the report said.

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