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A woman holding her baby in her arms looks out a window at the city shrouded by a fine dust during a polluted day.

South Korea's Plan to Avoid Population Collapse

by Susan Kreimer

Proposals include more flexible work schedules and better gender equality with education

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A nurse takes care of a newborn baby after the birth at a hospital in Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 20, 2023. India's fertility rate, fell to 2.0 in 2019-2021, but state health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating population growth that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Global Fertility Rate Continues To Fall: How Governments Could Prepare

by Tara Haelle

The global fertility rate will decline from now through 2100, according to new projections in The Lancet

A mother kisses her child as she walks past graffiti in Mumbai on March 27, 2014. The image is striking with a large, artistic image behind a woman who is walking and holding a child. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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Human Development is the Best Contraceptive—Why India Does Not Need a Two-Child Norm

by Poonam Muttreja

Key to harnessing potential of India is enhancing capabilities of young people and expanding freedoms of girls and women