Demography and the labour market are two important aspects that will have to be discussed in connection with possible Turkish membership of the European Community. The following article discusses these aspects primarily with regard to the situation in the EC and in Germany, which in the past was...

Approaches in the United Nations to solve the problems resulting from world population trends - the so-called "population explosion" in the countries of the Third World - as part of the North-South cooperation are not new; nor are they without their critics. The author discusses the differing...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis as well as demographic and climate change pose major challenges for public finances. This article deals with the implications of demographic trends in Switzerland, i.e. the progressive ageing of the population and its impact on the country’s public...