Should The Government Intervene In The Development Of A Country Case Study

Human resource is one of the key drivers to the development of a country. It does not simply refer to the amount of population existing in a country. Human resources only count in the part of population that could benefit for a country in terms of economic aspects. Currently, both the rise and the decline of population lead not only to the economy and social issues but also environmental issues. There is an on-going debate on whether the government should have the rights to interfere. For our group, we strongly believe the government should intervene in the rights of the individuals with regard to family planning due to three main reasons.
The first and foremost reason is that if the government is not given the right to intervene regarding …show more content…
Underpopulation, which refers to the size of the population below its equilibrium, brings many negative repercusions as well. A country with population decline is gradually hindered by the slow growth of economy. As a case in point, low birth rate and high ageing population are the main reasons of labour shortage, resources not fully used, higher tax, and low standard of living. The underpopulated country must be aware that young people are the source of labour supply. If industries are unable to find skilled and productive young workers, they will not able to produce supply to satisfy their customers' demands. In addition, many investors from other countries will not risk investing since they may lose large amount of capital. Thus, a country will face economic crisis sooner or later. Moreover, the growth of greying population is also a concern. Old people are not able to work; therefore, government will need to raise taxes, which will put pressure on the young working generation. These issues could be prevented through the intervention of the government. For example, Singapore had one of the world’s lowest fertility rate experience a shortage of labour and shrinking economic growth. To deal with these issues, Singaporean government created a program called “Baby Bonus Scheme” to incentivize …show more content…
Even though that may sound reasonable, we need to look at the bigger picture. Family planning is an important matter. As mentioned earlier, without the much-needed intervention from the government, it could result in overpopulation or underpopulation, either of which are two alarming issues because they are the roots of many other social and environmental problems. Furthermore, poor family planning could also be devastating to women’s health. ‘’States have a duty under international human rights law to protect people’s health.’’ (Uberoi & Bruyn, 2013, p. xx) Hence, it is their job to intervene in family planning. Additionally, government’s intervention is not about forceful threat or coercion, instead it is about how government should provide accessible information, recommendation as well as incentives to encourage good family planning and discourage the opposite. This should not violate any rights. As a result, in terms of family planning, the government should indeed have the right to