this is part of a wider effort across South-East Europe: "Hungary, like its central and eastern European neighbours Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia and Serbia, hav

this is part of a wider effort across South-East Europe: "Hungary, like its central and eastern European neighbours Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia and Serbia, have some of the lowest fertility rates in the world, while many educated workers have sought higher salaries further west. According to the United Nations, almost all of the countries with the fastest shrinking populations are in eastern Europe. Hungary’s population is projected to decline 15 per cent by 2050, from 9.7m in 2017 to 8.3m." "Other countries in the region have also offered incentives to raise the birth rate. In Poland, the conservative Law and Justice party rose to power in 2015 with an expensive pledge giving 500 zlotys (£100) a month, about one-third of the net minimum wage, for every second and subsequent child. The initiative costs more than 1 per cent of Poland’s GDP Last spring, Serbia, which loses 30,000 people annually, introduced a 500m dinar (£3m) fund to provide payments worth 12,000 dinar for families with three children and 18,000 dinar for the fourth." from: https://www.ft.com/content/56a5c36a-2d68-11e9-8744-e7016697f225 https://www.ft.com/content/56a5c36a-2d68-11e9-8744-e7016697f...