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BDU December 2019 issue GAD Corner

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Quick Facts

Land Area (sq. km.)	17,632.51
Population (2015)	100,981,437
Population Growth Area (2010-2015)	1.29%
Average Household Size (2015)	4.8
Poverty Incidence among Population (2018)	27.0%
Poverty Incidence among Families (2018)	20.0%
Per Capita Poverty Threshold (2018)	24,404
GRDP, 2019 (at constant 2018 prices)	Php 560,314,934
GRDP growth rate, 2018-2019 (at constant 2018 prices)	7.4%
GRDP per capita, 2019 (at constant 2018 prices)	Php 92,314
Population 15 years old and over (October 2020)	3.950 Million
Labor Force Participation Rate (October 2020)	51.9%
Employment Rate (October 2020)	91.8%
Unemployment Rate (October 2020)	8.2%
Underemployment Rate (October 2020)	29.1%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Announcements and Invitations

The month of December is declared as National Volunteer Month to heighten public awareness on volunteerism and recognize the noble acts of volunteers as vital partners in economic and community development.

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The Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) is accepting institutional applications to host specialists to the Fulbright Specialist Program. The Fulbright Specialist Program sends United States faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at academic institutions in the Philippines for a period of 2 to 6 weeks. The program allows Filipino universities, cultural centers, non-governmental organizations and other institutions in the Philippines to develop collaborative projects which will host a leading U.S. academic or professional at their institution to work on diverse, short-term collaborative projects focused on education and training. For more information, kindly visit the link: https://www.worldlearning.org/…/fulbright-specialist-progr…/. You may directly contact the PAEF at telephone no. (02) 819-0919 or via e-mail at fulbright@fulbright.org.ph.