>It was also highly effective way to reduce poverty. Citation needed; correlation does not equal causation. Other East Asian countries showed similar reduction

>It was also highly effective way to reduce poverty. Citation needed; correlation does not equal causation. Other East Asian countries showed similar reductions in fertility in spite of no similar policies, and much greater reductions in poverty. China vs. India vs. Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea): GDP per capita versus fertility rate http://www.google.se/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=b&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&dimp_c=country:region&met_x=ny_gdp_pcap_kd&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&idim=country:IND:CHN&ifdim=country&tunit=Y&pit=1382997600000&hl=en_US&dl=en_US&ind=false&icfg&iconSize=0.5#!ctype=b&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_x=ny_gdp_pcap_kd&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&dimp_c=country:region&idim=country:IND:CHN:HKG:KOR:SGP&ifdim=country&pit=-289566000000&hl=en_US&dl=en_US&ind=false http://www.google.se/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ct... Taiwan excluded because it seems to be missing from that dataset.