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Half of Filipino Population are Homeless

The sad truth: half of the Filipino population are homeless - CREBA - Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Associations - Phil Star, Oct. 25, 2017                                                                                                                                                                                               I asked it before, I am asking it again: What can be expected from a sick system of education where it has more to do with the preparation not of life after birth, but life after death? Moreover, even more painful and tragic, to love not fellow-Filipinos in our own country down here, but to love only a divinity existing up there!

                                                                                                                                                                                 Indeed, as the only Christian country in Asia since the 16th century, there is no such thing as the power of thought in schools, colleges, and universities. There is only the power of prayer. There is no such thing as the power of work and diligence.

In the meantime, more than 10 million college-educated Filipinos are jobless. They are not employable in industries behind science and technology. And the worst part of it all in this God-forsaken country, there is no such thing the family planning and birth control measures. Thus, we are only growing poorer as the population is needlessly increasing. Here are 14 Major Negative Effects of Population Explosion:

Population may be considered positive hindrance in the way of economic development of a country.

In a 'capital poor' and technologically backward country, growth of population reduces output by lowering the per capita availability of capital.

Too much population is not good for economic development.

Population can be a limiting factor to economic development because of the following reasons:

1. Population reduces the Rate of Capital Formation:

In underdeveloped countries, the composition of population is determined to increase capital formation. Due to higher birth rate and low expectation of life in these countries, the percentage of dependents is very high. Nearly 40 to 50 per cent of the population is in the non-productive age group which simply consumes and does not produce anything.

In under developed countries, rapid growth of population diminishes the availability of capital per head which reduces the productivity of its labour force. Their income, as a consequence, is reduced and their capacity to save is diminished which, in turn, adversely affects capital formation.

2. Higher Rate of Population requires more Investment:

In economically backward countries, investment requirements are beyond its investing capacity. A rapidly growing population increases the requirements of demographic investment which at the same time reduces the capacity of the people to save.

This creates a serious imbalance between investment requirements and the availability of investment funds. Therefore, the volume of such investment is determined by the rate of population growth in an economy. Some economists have estimated that for maintaining the present level of per capita income, 2 per cent to 5 per cent of national income must be invested if population grows at 1 per cent per annum.