Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables x
4. List of Figures xiii
5. Foreword xv
6. Preface xvii
7. 1. Background 1
8. 2. A Private Programme 5
9. 3. The Government Programme 23
10. 4. Induced Abortion 41
11. 5. Voluntary Sterilization 62
12. 6. Incentives and Disincentives 80
13. 7. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice 94
14. 8. Rapid Fertility Decline 114
15. 9. Uplifting Fertility of Better-Educated Women 143
16. 10. Relaxing Antinatalist Policies 157
17. 11. Limited Pronatalist Policies 169
18. 12. Reinforcing Previous Pronatalist Incentives 179
19. 13. Latest Pronatalist Incentives 197
20. 14. Prolonged Below-Replacement Fertility 209
21. 15. Immigration Policies and Programmes 223
22. 16. Demographic Trends and Consequences 245
23. 17. Epilogue 258
24. Appendix A. Talent For The Future 263
25. Appendix B. When Couples Have Fewer Than Two 271
26. Appendix C. Who Is Having Too Few Babies? 276
27. Appendix D. The Second Long March 284
28. Appendix E. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s New Year Message on 1 January 2012 299
29. Appendix F. Babies 303
30. Bibliography 313
31. Index 323