International adoptions have dropped 72 percent since 2005 – here’s why
- Written by Mark Montgomery, Professor of Economics, Grinnell College
When Ethiopia stopped allowing its children to be adopted by foreign parents in January, it became the latest country to eliminate or sharply curtail the practice. In recent decades South Korea, Romania, Guatemala, China, Kazakhstan and Russia – all former leaders in foreign adoption – have also banned or cut back on international...
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