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Introduced by Senator Biazon 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Philippines currently ranks as one of the most populated countries in the world with 
our total population of around 86 million. 
With an annual growth rate of 2.36%, our 
population is expected to double in 29 years (National Statistics Office). 
Our large and still rapidly growing population impacts on the country’s development. It 
heavily strains the government’s capacity to provide basic socia1 services, develop the rural 
areas, and stem the tide of rapid rural-to-urban migration. Congestion in many urban centers 
have led to a host of problems such as housing shortage, unemployment, poor nutrition, flooding, 
diseases, inadequate educational facilities and shortage in educators, pollution, and a breakdown 
in the peace and order situation. 
The multi-faceted nature of the problems besetting ow country and its people calls for tl2e 
vital recognition of the interdependent relationship between population and sustainable 
development. Achieving rational population growth and distribution should be defined in the 
context of available resources and the country’s carrying capacity, and should respect every 
Filipino’s right to self-determination by empowering them to decide rationally through the 
provision of complete and up-to-date information and quality services. 
Clearly, there is a need to build capabilities to integrate population variables, including 
migration and urbanization, into development policies, plans and programs at the national, 
regional and local levels. This proposed measure seeks to fill this void in legislation. 
It is for this reason that passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
RODOLFO ~ I A Z O N  
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
Introduced By Senator Rodolfo G. Biazon 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING AN INTEGRATED POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY, 
STRENGTHENING ITS IMPLEMENTING MECHANISM AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Integrated Population and 
Development Act. rf 
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policies. - The State shall promote a just and dynamic social 
order that shall ensure the prosperity of the country and free the people from poverty through 
policies that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of 
living and improved quality of life for all. 
The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful 
ecology. 
Toward this end, the State shall ensure sustainable development and guarantee human 
rights. As such, it shall recognize the dynamic interrelationships of population, development and 
environment through their integration into national and local policies, programs, strategies and 
plans including the appropriation, allocation and mobilization of resources at all levels. 
Sec. 3. Objectives. - The State shall create an enabling environment where population, 
development and environment-sensitive policies and programs are inextricably linked 
instruments for the realization of a healthy, educated, and empowered people. The State shall 
also prioritize human development, promote human dignity and respect human rights, including 
the right to development in all critical areas covering psycho-social, political and economic 
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To this end, the State must prioritize the attainment of social equity in society, t11e 
promotion of the welfare and rights of the child, the delivery of comprehensive health services 
with focus on the vulnerable sectors, and ensure gender equity and equality in development, The 
objectives of such policy are the following: 
I. To fully integrate population concerns into the development strategies, planning, and 
implementation of programs, including resource mobilization and allocation at all levels of 
government to ensure that people shall be in the center of all development efforts; 
2. To undertake programs which address the interrelationship between populatiou, 
development, and environment; 
3. To ensure equity in development, reasonable utilization and consumption of 
resources, and provision of social safety nets for vulnerable groups; 
4. To achieve equality and equity based on harmonious partnerships between women 
and men. Women’s contributions to sustainable development shall be enhanced though their full 
involvement in policy and decision-making processes at all stages and participation in all aspects 
of production, employment, income-generating activities, politics, governance, education, health, 
science and technology, sports, culture and other gender-sensitive activities; 
5. To enable couples or parents to decide their family size in the context of responsible 
parenthood and sustainable development and in accordance with their personal, moral, religious 
and cultural beliefs and values; 
6. To support the family, contribute to its stability and harmony, promote equality of 
rights and opportunities for family members, especially women and children, and provide 
assistance to solo-parent households; 
7. To foster a more balanced spatial distribution of the population by promoting in an 
integrated manner, the equitable and ecologically sustainable development of major sending and 
receiving areas; 
8. To incorporate the perspectives and needs of women, children and youth, indigenous 
communities, the elderly, and persons with disabilities in the design, implementation, monitoring 
and evaluation of population, development and environment programs; 
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9. To promote an effective partnership at all levels between and among the national 
government and local government units, the private sector and civil society, in the design, 
implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of programs relating to population, 
development and environment; 
IO. To ensure adequate comprehensive health care information and services; 
11. To assess population trends in order to achieve eventual population stabilization 
within the context of social and economic development and respect for human rights; 
12. To strengthen government capacity to update relevant population development 
information, studies and researches to establish a factual basis for understanding and anticipating 
the interrelationships of population and socio-economic and environmental variables and to meet 
the need to formulate, implement, monitor, and evaluate sustainable population and development 
strategies; and 
13. To support policies protecting the welfare of Filipino migrants, giving attention to the 
special needs of overseas Filipino workers and trafficked persons and the effects of overseas 
employment on the integrity and well-being of the family vis-&vis the country's long-term 
sustainable development on the other. 
Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. - For the purpose of this Act, the following terms shall be 
defined as follows: 
1. Gender equality - 
the absence of discrimination on the basis of a person's sex in 
opportunities, in the allocation of resources or benefits, or in access to services. 
2. Gender equity - fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and 
responsibilities between women and men, and often requires women-specific projects and 
programs to end existing inequalities. 
3. Responsible parenthood - 
the will and the ability of couples to respond to the needs 
and aspirations of their family and children in accordance with their cultural and religious beliefs. 
4. Sustainable development - development that meets the needs of the present without 
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 
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5 .  Human development - a process of expanding human choices by enabling people to 
enjoy long, healthy and creative lives. The three essential capabilities for human development are 
for people to lead long and healthy lives, to be knowledgeable and to have access to resources 
needed for a decent standard of living. 
6. Spatial distribution - the patterns of settlement and dispersal of population within a 
country or other sub-national area. 
7. Migration - the movement of people into, or out of an area for the purpose of 
establishing a new permanent residence in the area of destination crossing a defined tenitorial 
boundary. 
SEC. 5. Implementing Mechanism. - AI1 the national, regional, local and government 
agencies are hereby tasked to analyze and integrate on a continuing basis the interrelated 
population, development and environment variables into the planning, implementation, 
allocation, mobilization of resources and evaluation of their respective programs. 
a. This Act shall provide the means for a stronger and more effective partnership 
between and among the government agencies, the private sector and civil society at all levels, and 
the provision of the necessary support to expand their work more effectively among the citizenry. 
b. The Commission on Population (POPCOM) shall serve as the central coordinating 
body for the implementation of this Act. It shall be an attached agency of the National Economic 
and Development Authority (NEDA). Specifically, it shall: 
1. Provide technical advice and support, including capability building to the national, 
regional and local agencies, includi~ig local government units in the 
implementation of this Act. 
2. Formulate a population investment plan; 
3, Coordinate, monitor and evaluate the implementation of this Act; 
4. Educate and inform the public about the implications of the population, 
development and environment variables for the sustainable development of the 
country; 
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5. Act as the government’s clearinghouse and resource center for population and 
development information and data through an annual State of the Philippine 
Population and Development Report (SPPDR); and 
6. Promote and provide the mechanism and support for the full participation of civil 
society, the private sector and the citizenry in the planning and implementation of 
population and development programs and projects pursuant to this Act. 
c. The following agencies, in addition to their primary mandates and functions, are 
hereby tasked to effectively carry out the provisions of this Act: 
I. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) shall ensure that the 
population and development (POPDEV) perspective is incorporated into the 
ciirrent national and regional development plans of all government line agencies; 
2. The Department of Health (DOH) shall plan, coordinate and implement programs 
on comprehensive health care advantageous to the vulnerable sectors; 
3. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) shall provide support 
for policy formulation and coordination with LGUs in ensuring integration of 
population and development in the local development planning processes and 
programs; 
4. The Department of Education (DepEd) shall integrate into its basic education 
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curriculum learning concepts on population, health, environment, and 
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development. It shall likewise design and implement opportuiities for greater 
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access to the vulnerable groups/ sectors. 
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5. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shall integrate 
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into the planning and implementation of its programs the population and 
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development variables including the development and dissemination of 
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6. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in coordination 
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with the LGUs shall institutionalize the provision of day-care services, 
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emphasizing early childhood care and development, in every barangay with 
environment and sustainable development indicators; 
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particular focus on the children of poor families and the girl-child. It shall 
likewise design appropriate support mechanisms to address the special needs of 
the elderly and persons with disabilities, consistent with and supplementary to 
existing laws; 
7. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall plan, coordinate and 
implement programs related to the equalization of employment opportunities 
between men and women and the promotion of gender equality and equity in the 
workplace. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the 
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) under the Department of 
Labor and Employment shall integrate corresponding adjustments into their 
program and services relating to the special needs of Filipino migrant workers, 
particularly women, and the prevention of trafficking and violence in persons; 
8. The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HLJDCC) shall 
promote a sustainable, ecologically sound and well-planned urban development 
and housing delivery system by consistently integrating the National Urban 
Development and Housing Framework with population and development 
variables and goals: Provided, That the vulnerable sectors shall be accorded 
priority access to housing benefits and opportunities; 
9. The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) shall plan, implement and 
evaluate population and development programs and provide opportunities 
intended to benefit the basic sectors; 
10. The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) shall plan, 
coordinate and implement programs relating to women empowerment and 
women’s rights, including the mainstreaming of gender equality and equity in 
both national and local levels; 
11. The National Youth Commission (NYC), through the Sangguniang Kabataan and 
its affiliate organizations, shall plan and implement at all levels policies and 
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programs that promote the health and rights of adolescents, especially young 
women; 
12. The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) shall plan, 
coordinate and implement programs that integrate population, development and 
comprehensive health issues in the development of life skills and competencies; 
13. The UP Population Institute (UPPI) shall promote the proper understanding of 
population, economic and sustainable development, and environment through the 
conduct of population health research, training, and research dissemination anlong 
policy-makers, program managers, local government executives and civil society; 
14. The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) shall conduct a comprehensive 
information dissemination program to support the purposes of this Act; and 
15. The Leagues shall provide representation to all the local government units, apart 
from those that are already defined under the Local Government Code, in the , 
crafting of policies, and in the development and impleinentation of programs and 
projects pursuant to the integrated population and development goals of this Act. 
c. The implementation of this mandate shall be integrated in the regular budgets of the 
agencies enumerated herein. 
d. The private sector consisting of all individual corporations, companies, enterprises, 
and partnerships, operating for profit, including their business organizations and chambers, shall 
assist in the program implementation of population and development goals of the State as part of 
their service to their employees and in the performance of their social responsibility; 
e. The civil society shall represent the interest of the basic sectors in the crafting of 
policies, and in the development of programs and projects pursuant to the population and 
development goals of the State. 
Sec.. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The NEDA in coordination with all 
the agencies herein mentioned, and with a representative each from the private sector and civil 
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Sec. 7. Reporting Requirements. - Before the end of April each year, POPCOM shall 
submit an annual State of the Philippine Population and Development Report (SPPDR) to the 
President of the Philippines, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. The report shall provide a definitive and comprehensive assessment of the 
implementation of this Act and recommend appropriate priorities for executive and legislative 
actions. The report shall be printed and disseminated to all national agencies, the LGUs, civil 
society and the private sector involved in said programs. 
Sec. 8. Separability Clause. - If any part, section or provision of this Act is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in force and effect. 
See. 9. 
Repealing Clause. - All other laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and 
regulations, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended 
or modified accordingly. 
Sec. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved. 
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