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Badan Koordinasi Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN)The Republic of Indonesia's Voluntary Family Planning and Living Standards Coordinating Body |
BKKBNThe Republic of Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world. Well over half of the population of Indonesialives in what the United States would term poverty. Drought and forest fires Asian economic collapse political crisis: the dismal combination that occurred after 1997 created major economic issues for almost all Indonesian families. The agency charged with creating sustainable population growthand monitoring the well-being of each family is the Badan Koordinasi Keluarga Berencana Nasional, better known as BKKBN. The magnitude of the challenge BKKBN faces is awesome: Indonesia is comprised of more than 17,000 islands more than 400 distinct ethnic groups and nearly 500 hundred languages. Every ethnic group has its own customs, traditions, community, and religious beliefs. One trait shared across all groups is a great love of children, both boys and girls, upon whom great intrinsic (as opposed to economic) value is placed. This trait makes the barrier to creating a desire for families limited to 2 children even greater than those encountered in other countries. Statutes, cultural and religious beliefs all dictate that only voluntary, pre-conception means of limiting population growth be employed. BKKBN has been phenomenally successful in meeting its mission:Indonesia has won multiple international awardsfor its success with voluntary family planning. The United Nations has named Indonesia most successful of all member nations in this area year after year. Out-of-wedlock birth is quite rare and teenage out-of-wedlock pregnancy is virtually unknown. A nation-wide means of assessing
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