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Baby Shortage

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Baby Shortage
A term referring to:
(1) The disparity between the number of people wanted to adopt infants, most often from North America, and the number of infants available for adoption, either domestically or internationally
(2) The reduction of births in an economically advanced country—e.g., Japan—which a government regards as insufficient to maintain economic growth
baby shortage
Social medicine A term referring to the disparity between the number of people interested in adopting infants from the US and Canada and the number of infants in need of adoption. See Adoption.
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The government announced last year that it would double spending on incentives to address a baby shortage that threatens the city-state's future.
Procreation 'not our forte,' says Singapore MP by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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