Human resource and country development Aside from natural resources is one of the basis of economic development Its people is the most important resource of any country It is important to understand how people utilize and develop natural resources based on their character, diligence, and creativity In fact, humans serve as the “driver” of the world since the direction of it depends on them 1.Population The Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino:Republika ng Pilipinas), is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City; both are part of Metro Manila To the north of the Philippines across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan; Vietnam sits west across the South China Sea; southwest liesMalaysia in the island of Borneo across the Sulu Sea, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands ofIndonesia; while to the east it is bounded by the Philippine Sea and the island-nation of Palau Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fireand close to the equator makes the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world's greatest biodiversity At approximately 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), the Philippines is the 72nd-largest country in the world With a population more than 100 million people, the Philippines is the seventh-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world An additional 12 million Filipinos live overseas, comprising one of the world's largestdiasporas Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples Exchanges with Chinese,Malay, Indian, and Islamic states occurred Then,various nations were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans orLakans Currently the Philippines remained strong rise in the number of employees and Thailand and Vietnam beyond to become the No country in ASEAN to the people in the working age, 2050, the number of employees in the Philippines will reach 100 million people, equivalent to 50% of Indonesian workers in the same period The Philippines is one of the largest labor exporter in the region Philippine workers who go around the world, the number of employees abroad took an average of about million people and GDP per contest reaches 18-20 billion / year Long, Philippine labor export has considered as one of the foreign economic sector weighted by country and there are urinary experience to strengthen labor export and financial management of labor export The structure of the labor force is not commensurate with the economic structure Structure of the industry - agriculture - the service is still imbalanced labor structure in this sector In 2010, the agricultural sector accounted for less than one fifth (16.8%) of GDP but accounts for 1/3 (33.2%) of the total number of employees in the country Conversely third industry GDP contribution but only use 15% of workers nationwide However the proportion of the total product is 49.7% service sector, quite matches the structure of labor in the sector is 51.8% the Philippines unemployment improved over the years down from 8.3% in 2006 to 5.8% in 2015 but the unemployment rate is still high compared with other countries in the region