Italy's low birth rate
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Italy\\u2019s population has decreased by approximately one million residents in the space of one year and forecasts predict that this is likely to worsen.
Hannah Mullane speaks to a mother in Rome about what it\\u2019s like to start a family in Italy and a business that\\u2019s implementing its own policies to support staff who choose to have children.
We take a look at what the government is planning to do to encourage more people to have children and head to the north of Italy to the Bolzano region, the only part of the country where births are increasing to see what they\\u2019re doing differently.
Presenter/producer: Hannah Mullane \\nImage: Melissa and Cosmo; Credit: Melissa Panarello
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