Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is offering monetary incentives to couples who have children in order to reverse a declining birth rate. According to the Population Reference Bureau, "The total fertility rate dropped from 6.6 births per woman in 1977 to 2.0 births per woman in 2000, and to 1.9 births per woman in 2006." Ahmadinejad's incentive is $950 deposited into a bank account upon the each child's birth with $95 added each year until the child turns 18. Upon turning 18, the money can be spent on education or family needs. PRB's Farzaneh Roudi expects that the plan will not work because Iranians have already realized the economic value of quality over quantity in the number of children.
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Yeah, and the quality of life of my life is really good because I don’t have ANY. I get to spend all my money on myself, lose no sleep, can get up and go whenever I want, and don’t have to worry about some liability pulling any stunts later in life that may cost me a small fortune that I don’t have, like what I did to my parents. (Muahahahaha)
A lot of Iranian politicians and demographers are against this idea and criticized it. Also the Iranian legislative did not approved the budget allocated to this plan. We have several problem in population. Heavy traffic in capital city and the provincial centers, migration from rural area to urban area, environment protection, unemployment and so on. I hope that the government of Iran finally will solve the problems and the parliament of Iran will discuss these kind of problems carefully. Scientists, politicians and demographer are following the matter and I am sure that Mr. President will consider it very soon.