A POPULATION expert has said that the Philippines is now ready to achieve the so-called demographic dividend but needs to improve on certain "socioeconomic preconditions."

"Demographic dividend" is the economic growth resulting from a shift in the population structure where more members of the 15 to 64 age group are working.

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