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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/world/middleeast/28iran.html
I mean, as though the whole nuclear thing, the elections thing, the 'going broke' thing weren't bad enough. Population control has probably been one of the most important (and surprising) things that the Iranian revolutionary regime has done to keep the country from really sinking further economically.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/world/middleeast/28iran.html
New York Times said:TEHRAN (AP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran inaugurated a new policy on Tuesday to encourage population growth, dismissing decades of internationally acclaimed family planning in Iran as ungodly and a Western import.
The new government effort will pay families for every new child and deposit money into the newborns’ bank accounts until they reach 18, Mr. Ahmadinejad said. The program effectively rolled back years of efforts to strengthen the economy by reducing population growth.
The plan is part of his previously stated desire to increase Iran’s population, estimated at more than 70 million. He has previously said Iran could support as many as 150 million people. [...]
It is unclear, however, where the money would come from to pay for the new incentives because the government is already having trouble paying for basic public works projects.
Starting in the early 1970s, Iran waged a successful family planning campaign across the country. It included banners in public health care centers that said, “Two children are enough.”
The effort was reversed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, only to be brought back 10 years later after the population expanded rapidly and the economy faltered.
Throughout the 1990s, Iran reduced population growth by encouraging men and women to use free or inexpensive contraceptives, as well as by promoting vasectomies. The government brought down the population growth rate to 1.6 percent from a high in 1986 of 3.9 percent.
I mean, as though the whole nuclear thing, the elections thing, the 'going broke' thing weren't bad enough. Population control has probably been one of the most important (and surprising) things that the Iranian revolutionary regime has done to keep the country from really sinking further economically.
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