places like Pescueza, a tiny village of just 172 people in the western region of Extremadura, have developed a strategy called Quedate con nosotros ("Stay with us") making it as attractive as possible to its senior citizens, who make up 65 percent of inhabitants.

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With a new day centre, special free vehicles for pensioners, railings on the slightest slope, even anti-slip paint, the village has seen an upturn not just in its senior citizens but across the generations.

No fewer than 14 children have been born in the village in the past seven years since the day centre opened - after 17 years without any births at all.

"Our project would work well for smaller towns with populations of under 1,000," Andres Rodriguez, mayor of Pescueza, told Al Jazeera. With just
360 F.Supp. 936 (1973)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Jack L. CLARK et al., Defendants.
No. 72 Cr. 1356.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.
March 30, 1973.
*937 Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y. (Gary P. Naftalis, and Shirah Neiman, Asst. U. S. Attys.), for United States.
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C. (Arthur F. Mathews, Michael R. Klein, and Ronald D. Rotunda, Washington, D.C.), and Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner, New York City (Paul R. Grand, New York City), for defendant Clark.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City (Peter Fleming, Jr., John E. Sprizzo, and John F. Egan, New York City), for defendants Wahrman, Bolka and Madole.
Patterson, Belknap & Webb, New York City (Robert P. Patterson, Jr., New York City), for defendant Gray.
Golden, Wienshienk & Mandel,