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‘10 policies for renewing family life’

CWN - October 20, 2011

The authors of The Sustainable Demographic Dividend-- a recently published report that found there are over 60 million fewer children in the developed world today than there were in 1965--suggest ten public policy decisions that could help lead to a renewal of family life.

The policies include promoting family enterprises, easing “the tension between higher education and family formation,” and fostering thrift.

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