Influence of demographic aging on economic development of the republic of srpska (bosnia and herzegovina)
International Journal of Development Research
Influence of demographic aging on economic development of the republic of srpska (bosnia and herzegovina)
Received 27th April, 2017; Received in revised form 09th May, 2017; Accepted 16th June, 2017; Published online 31st July, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Stevo Pašalić and Nenad Lalić. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The subject of this research are demographic changes that were notably determined by changes in economic, social, cultural, health, technical and technological development of the Republic of Srpska. The aim of this research is to define necessary concepts for comprehension of demographic aging process and to explore the trend of demographic movements in the Republic of Srpska. The contribution of research is consisted of ascertaining the economic and social consequences of demographic processes. Demographic movements in the Republic of Srpska have been extremely negative for a long time. Dominant processes that stand out are insufficient birth rate and demographic aging process. Long-term consecuences of these processes are already visible but in the future they might be more expressed. Like most post-transition countries, the Republic of Srpska is confronting with low fertility rates so it needs an active population politics that will help to increase the fertility rate and demographic and economic recovery.