Article 76FYF Fertility slump comes for Southeast Asia

Fertility slump comes for Southeast Asia

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editors@theworld.org (Patrick Winn)
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Extremely low birthrates have long troubled Asia's wealthier countries: Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Now, they're coming for others in the region. Thailand's leaders are grappling with a shocking recent statistic: Its birthrate has somehow sunk below Japan's - a potential bellwether for the rest of the Global South. And unlike better-off countries, these governments have far fewer resources to throw at the problem. Patrick Winn reports from Bangkok.

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