Sign reads: Family planning (KB). Documents read: Jobs, healthcare With the majority of Indonesia's 240 million people already struggling to obtain decent jobs, basic education and healthcare, experts warn that the annual birth rate of 4.5 million equal to the population of Singapore is unsustainable and unless the government acts quickly the population will reach 450 million by 2045. Currently less that 0.1% of the national budget is spent on family planning programs and many regional governments provide no funding at all. Kompas - November 23, 2011 |