De Gaulle and population issues. The General listening to Alfred Sauvy

Very aware of population issues, General de Gaulle created an Institute, the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED - Institut national d’études démographiques), and appointed its first director, Alfred Sauvy. The latter made it a place for reflection and an instrument of action for family policy, at least during the 17-year period (1945-1962) in which he directed it.
We also look more closely at the line adopted by INED and its journal, which was launched as early as 1946; two of its commitments are of particular relevance, in view of their close links with family policy considerations. We will then recall how the reputation of INED fulfilled General de Gaulle’s expectations, and relate two episodes of exchanges between de Gaulle and Sauvy, in the 1950s. Finally, an evocation of the evolution of INED after de Gaulle will help better understand the previous period.