According to a projection by the World Bank, international migration will decline significantly over the next decade. This projection not only assumes a narrowing of the welfare gap between industrialised and developing countries. It also sets out from the premise that potential migrants react...

Given that the developing countries today present a highly differentiated picture, is it appropriate to continue to speak of a "Third World"? If so, how does this group of countries appear to the present-day observer? What is their position within the world economy? What problems and challenges...

For several decades there has been a migration of highly qualified workers from developing to industrial countries. What are the causes of this "brain drain", which many regard as a subsidy from the poor to the rich? What consequences does it have for the countries concerned? Are there effective...