Govt Attempt at Controlling Population

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2. Government attempts to control population growth is ineffective. Discuss this statement (15 marks) By ABDULLAHI ALI. IB1S Population levels all over the world are different, as some countries are facing a drastic increase in population growth levels, whereas some are experiencing the opposite, a decrease in population growth levels. Therefore, governments are trying to promote effective measures in order to try and increase their population levels or decrease their population levels. This is because population growth levels pose a direct effect to that particular country, in terms of the economy, the GDP, provision of health services and much more. That is why governments all over the world are paying keen attention to their population growth levels and are trying to increase it or decrease it in such a way it will be positive to its economical growth. Pro-natalist governments are those that want to increase their population, and have been facing a decrease in their population levels. Such countries that have adopted this policy are Singapore, France, etc. None has been more ineffective as Russia. The Russian population has been decreasing for quite some time now, and its government has been trying to increase the population because its trend of decreasing, is ever so continuing by the day. The first policy that was put in was, the ‘Russian sex day’ which happens on September 12th, every year. This was about 9 months from the nation’s National Day. Once one gave birth to a baby on National Day, one would be rewarded, and these rewards ranged from SUV’S to money. Another policy that was employed was, the ‘Wednesdays off’ whereby employees all over the country would be given the day off to have unsafe sex at home. Incentives were another method deployed by the Kremlin. A cash incentive of £675 would be given to women who bore

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