In contrast, in 1976, half of all Governments in less developed regions did not intervene to influence fertility and one in three had policies to lower fertility (table III. By 1996, one in four Governments in less developed regions did not intervene to influence fertility, whereas more than half had policies to lower fertility. Between 1996 and 2013, the percentage of Governments in less developed regions that did not intervene to influence fertility declined further to just 12 per cent, but the percentage of those with policies to lower fertility remained mostly unchanged.