Population ageing and declined in birth rates are among the major challenges to Belarusian economic development. The labor force is projected to decline, and the Social Protection Fund would run into deficits. To make the pension system sustainable, we need to switch to a partially funded pension system.

The article is devoted to the analysis of economic growth in Belarus. It shows that the steady rate of economic growth in Belarus has noticeably weakened in recent years, which was due to accelerated capital accumulation.

A perfect economic storm is approaching Belarus. A GDP decline in 2020 has become almost inevitable. In the near future, the Belarusian economy will face new serious difficulties. Competent anticipatory actions - which must be taken immediately - can mitigate the loss of output and incomes, and prevent or limit financial stress.

The aim of this article is to evaluate the strategies of labor market behavior of the Belarusian population according to a survey conducted by the BEROC and IPM Research Center and BEROC that is a part of a study of the attitude of the Belarusian population to the social protection system.

Most families change their usual way of living with the birth of a child. They "maneuver" in search of a more effective distribution of childcare responsibilities, and adjust their work strategies to the needs of children.

Demographic policy, in particular measures for birth rate stimulation, has generated considerable discussion among experts and in the society that is due to notable decline in the fertility rate after 2016. Why after a decade of steady birth rate growth, Belarus finds itself again on the edge of demographic crisis and almost continuous "improvement of support measures for families with children" still have not made it possible to stabilize the fertility rate at the level of simple reproduction of the population?