Resetting a neglected Policy
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
For much of the latter half of the 20th century, Indonesia's family planning program was the toast of the developing world.
The nation's list of achievements, which included halving the number of births per woman (TFR) and doubling the number of contraceptive users between 1972 and 2002, meant by the close of the century, some 75 million births had been averted, helping to create the fiscal room needed to lift millions out of poverty.
For much of the latter half of the 20th century, Indonesia's family planning program was the toast of the developing world.
The nation's list of achievements, which included halving the number of births per woman (TFR) and doubling the number of contraceptive users between 1972 and 2002, meant by the close of the century, some 75 million births had been averted, helping to create the fiscal room needed to lift millions out of poverty.
Despite that s
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