Migrants Go Home
History shows that during economic crises migrants suffer. Like their predecessors in the 1930s and the 1970s, many migrants are now returning home.
History shows that during economic crises migrants suffer. Like their predecessors in the 1930s and the 1970s, many migrants are now returning home.
Because today’s new buildings will be around for decades, constructing them with the elderly in mind will profit everyone. Kai Fischer, Head of Construction Finance at Allianz Germany, explains ‘barrier-free living’ and how to do it right.
Governments have adopted various family planning and population control policies, often with totally different results. See what worked and what didn’t.
Is the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire just a Hollywood fantasy? K. Laxmi Narayan, an expert in Indian urbanization at the University of Hyderabad, doesn’t think so. He reports that half of Mumbai residents live in slums and warns that both Indian cities and the countryside are chronically overcrowded.
The EU wants to become the world's most competitive economy. Ann Mettler of the Lisbon Council explains whether this is possible with a rapidly aging population.
Beijing cleaned up its act for the Olympics. After the party, will it go back to business as usual or consolidate environmental gains and be an example for China?
The Hispanic community in the United States is growing faster than any other minority in U.S. history. Still, Hispanic Americans are following centuries-old patterns of integration when it comes to business and language.
If a country’s capital embodies the nation, then Rome, the eternal city, symbolizes Italian demographic trends. Italy is the old man of Europe, and rapidly getting older.
