Indonesian baby boom

Updated August 28, 2008 20:32:02

After decades of falling fertility rates, Indonesia now faces a baby boom. Observers say more babies are being born now the government's no longer making family planning a budget priority.

Presenter: Sonia Randhawa
Speakers: Sugiri Syarief, chairman of Indonesian National Family Planning Coordination Body; Dr Iwu Utomo, research fellow at the Australian National University and expert on reproductive health in Indonesia; Dr Gour Dasvarma, director of the Applied Population Studies Program at Flinders University.