JAKARTA, April 2 (Bloomberg): Countries across Asia are trying everything from fertility tours to baby bonuses to spur population growth in an aging world. The difference now, National Population and Family Planning Agency Head Hasto Wardoyo says, is that instead of just slowing population growth, Indonesia is aiming to simultaneously improve other factors such as health, education and employment. "My sister, for example, doesn’t do family planning and doesn’t use contraceptives regularly,” Purnamasari said. Middle ClassBringing down the fertility rate is a long and gradual process, according to Satyawanti Mashudi, a commissioner with the National Commission on Violence Against Women. "I once talked to a person in Kalimantan island about family planning and they said, ‘Why should I have fewer children?

Source: The Star April 02, 2021 13:18 UTC