Why are policies to boost birth rates not working for some countries?
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2023
- Policymakers looking to boost their countries’ falling birth rates should look beyond stop-gap measures like temporary cash bonuses, and instead build up longer-term support that allows people to have their desired number of children and when they want them. Many governments, concerned about their birth rates being too low, have tried various measures in attempts to raise their birth rates, but with varied success, Mr John Wilmoth, director of the Population Division at the United Nations, tells CNA’s Asia First.
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Actually it is all condensed to one word 'hope'. Why would people procreate and give birth to children if they do not see hope in the future. Things to allow people to see are economic prosperity, social equality and security.
What most people lack is 'courage' and 'determination'. Without, 'hope' is just 'fantasy'
@@ckokloong Or it is people trying to save money by reducing expenses and not taking on additional expenses like children. Seriously, children are financial liabilities.
No it is actually the opposite.
It is about rising unreachable expectations and precisely a huge abundance of prosperity which makes people not want children.
When we were dirt poor before industrialization people had large amount of children.
@@NP1066Of course, under the current system, if we were dirt poor, having more children would not help and would, in fact, exacerbate your situation because you would not be able to afford to feed them and if you went bankrupt due to credit card debt defaults then you will not be affording anything ever again.
@@NP1066 Before industrialization, parents utilized children as free labor. People might make $2 a day, but parents kept most of the $2 kids were worth.
In industrialized economies, children are a high priced hobby that rarely pays off.
Falling birthrates are a direct result of quality of life in cities. Citizens don't want to be slaves to the government. They want to raise their own children without government help.
Poorer countries have more children
Because it is not only expensive to raise a baby or even give birth in some countries. It also requires effort and time to accompany the child.
Look at the cost of living. Look at how people are less and less willing to maintain lifelong relationships. Look at the direction the work is heading. I don’t blame people for not wanting kids
Parents don't want their children cared for by strangers
The cost of living is too high and requires two full time working adults that make good income to survive. Adding kids seems absurd unless one parent makes so much that the other can stay home and do an adequate job of raising children. Why do we need more people though? We don’t have the manual labor needs of the past. Most things are automated and AI takes the place of dozens of minds. Jobs are more specialized which suggests a curated cohort of workers that have specific skill sets or higher education levels. That’s definitely not the job for the masses.
Poorer countries have more children
Too many wars and too much hurt.
Good point. The kids who are aged 25 and under haven’t even been alive long enough to know a time without war.
Reason #1
SG Voted MOST EXPENSIVE City 8 Times in Last Decade.
Quality of life and happines index ...
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"You need a very small space to have sex."
Who is the WORST Minister in SG ?
Wow! That's so long ago but you still remembered. 😂
I thought is the PAP?
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Who Can Forget such a DUMB Comment from her ?
*8 BILLION* global population not enough to run economies?
Is this about people or serving an Economic system not designed for people?
Ever increasing population demands more food, power, clean water, transport, fuel, and land. Once the resources shrinks the cost will increase, global shrinking of population will begin.
Unless there is another Earth nearby rich with resources or better technology to create new resources of food, clean water, fuel (energy), land & transport....population will eventually shrink.
I believe there are many unexplored possibility for all the resources on Earth just that our current technology isn't good enough to extract all these resources...and political issues (corruption & political) restricting alternative energy, alternative food sources, alternative land & clean water sources.
Other than that, working from home is important to keep children under proper care as cost of child care is really high.
Cost of education as well, must keep it within affordable prices.
World population in increasing in Asia, South East Asia. But it became more hard for the government to give it's basic services. Channel News Asia again delivered.
Why feed more meat to the meat grinder?
Children of Men was an insightful film
This is so terrible and wrong. Shouldn’t happen ever
It's the women's liberation movement and capitalism.
It's lack of pre- & post-natal health care. It's child care services available & tax-funded. It's these questions- what will be my children's financial and personal security, living, health, education, work, other opportunities. Hope is only viable based on the situation in the country, neighboring countries, world.
Singapura still can join Indonesian 🇮🇩😅
The next you know is GST hike in 2024.
Because NATURE IS NATURING😂
All he talks about is economics and material considerations and incentives.
No mention of values, culture and social issues.
A useless and utterly uninteresting interviewee.
Have children to make line go up! Corpos need more labor units to exploit. More people fighting for scraps makes stonks go to the moon.
Baby = upcoming taxpayer🤡
Baby = consumers and workers for coporates 💀
Y? Bcors the policies r not farking populist enough
Make love not war..the most beautiful slogan above all
Artificial Human being are the answer to all this problem.
If government all around the world spans more in to research than millitary weapons all this is solved.
Women's rights to live how they want to live.
As well work for Man as well that don't need to burdening with social stigma.
Let's use Japan for example. They can offer this stuff to help parents. But it doesn't mean they won't be shamed for it.
Low Birthrates are what happens you take people out of traditional villages. And put them into modern, un-natural environments.
Especially with the whole Testing Culture in these countries. The kids are burned-out before they take their first job.
And then you're putting everyone in the same city and neighborhoods. Uprooting the entire structure of the village they came from.
Now they have to play a guessing game of who likes them. And who doesn't. There's a reason why some guys escape into anime instead. The characters are different, and so is the setting.
There's no expectations, hostility, or Dog-Eat-Dog scenarios in these anime shows.
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Feminism won.
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Who is the female news reader??
We need protection of all humans life from moment of conception.
Some Beast of the human Race Don't respect children upbringing.
All want money, money, money, money
Every year they put up target for maximizing their earnings.
May be First I suffer in due course you will follow.
Good Luck.