Jongjit Rittirong, associate professor for the Institute for Population and Social Research at Mahidol University, says Thailand has no time to waste implementing better welfare structures for parents…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIncreasing the birth rate within a short period or in a few years is impossible,\u201d she told VOA. \u201cThailand needs a national plan in all policies to maintain the fertility level and needs a lot of effort to increase the birth rate, which may take years.\u201cAccording to the lesson from other developed countries,\u201d she said, \u201cincreasing the birth rate is not that simple. It requires effort in many dimensions of social welfare to raise the birth rate.”..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rittirong also told VOA that families need a socially supportive environment to raise a child…<\/p>\n\n\n\n