RECENT EVOLUTIONS AND TENDENCIES CONCERNING THE ROMANIAN POPULATION: A CHALLENGE FOR CENTRAL AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
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Authors:
• Andrei STĂNOIU, Afiliation: Associate Professor, Ph.D., Dean of the Social and Administrative Sciences Faculty, “Nicolae Titulescu” -
Keywords: rate birth, fertility rate, natural growth of the population, migration growth, demographic
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Abstract:
After December 1989, Romanian population experienced a sharp decline of its birth rate (as a result of abolishing the very restrictive law about abortion and worsening economic situation) and a rising rate of external migration. The main results from the demographic point of view were a continuous diminution in the population number and a process of population ageing. there are, also, a lot of economic and social consequences (on the level and structure of the labour force, on the medical and social assistance system, on the educational and cultural system, on the professional structure of the population, on family and its status, structure and function and so on). We can not ignore, also, possible serious consequences on nation security and the relations of our country with other countries. All of these represent real challenges for workers in local and central administration. They have to find solutions to solve the problems which appear and to diminish as much as possible the negative effects of theseevolutions.