India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates

Sunita Laxman Jadhav is a door-to-door saleswoman who sells waiting. She sweeps along muddy village lanes in her nurse’s white sari, calling on newly married couples with an unblushing proposition: Wait two years before getting pregnant, and the government will thank you. It also will pay you.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/asia/22india.html?_r=1&hp

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