The State of the Philippine Population Report (SPPR) 2000 entitled"Time to Act: Needs, Options, and Decisions." is the first of a series of SPPRs that aim to provide an authoritative synthesis of results and issues ventilated in empirical works done on a specific topic on population and development. It is one of the major outputs of the Commission on Population (POPCOM) - executed Population and Development Strategies (PDS) Sub-Programme of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 5th Country Programme of Assistance. It is an official publication of POPCOM meant to enhance research-based information utilization and advocacy on the specific SPPR topic.