Students:Shaping globalization: migration in times of globalization: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
Developed countries use migration to gain advantage in the globalized economy. But the developing countries can also benefit from the migration.  
Developed countries use migration to gain advantage in the globalized economy. But the developing countries can also benefit from the migration.  
In the history people always been made their way to live in another place as where they are born and this not required globalization. The fact that they do it in such large numbers as in the second half of the nineteenth and the beginning of this century, may simply be related to the number of people on this planet has grown so rapidly. The percentage of migrants in the world's population increased only slightly from 2.1% (1975) to 2.9% (2000). Philip L. Martin: Migration and development: Towards sustainable solutions, International Institute for Labour Studies DP/153/2004.
In the history people always been made their way to live in another place as where they are born and this not required globalization. The fact that they do it in such large numbers as in the second half of the nineteenth and the beginning of this century, may simply be related to the number of people on this planet has grown so rapidly. The percentage of migrants in the world's population increased only slightly from 2.1% (1975) to 2.9% (2000). ''(Philip L. Martin: Migration and development: Towards sustainable solutions, International Institute for Labour Studies DP/153/2004.)''
Earlier dungeons many people need to escape from their homeland because of war and famine to create a new livelihood. Today the developed countries use the migration more than one way to take an competitive advantage in the globalized economy. It is more and more important for developing countries to win over selectively immigrants who can make an important contribution to the development of its own economy.  
Earlier dungeons many people need to escape from their homeland because of war and famine to create a new livelihood. Today the developed countries use the migration more than one way to take an competitive advantage in the globalized economy. It is more and more important for developing countries to win over selectively immigrants who can make an important contribution to the development of its own economy.  


The battle for the best brains
The battle for the best brains


A study from 2004 drawn up by the OECD, which summarizes the results of the census of 2000, for the first time supplies comprehensive statistics on the number of migrants, including those whose level of training. Following table shows the percentage of inhabitants of the degree of the home australian and the immigrants. OECD, Counting Immigrants and Expatriates in OECD Countries: A new Perspective, 2004, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf.
A study from 2004 drawn up by the OECD, which summarizes the results of the census of 2000, for the first time supplies comprehensive statistics on the number of migrants, including those whose level of training. Following table shows the percentage of inhabitants of the degree of the home australian and the immigrants. ''(OECD, Counting Immigrants and Expatriates in OECD Countries: A new Perspective, 2004, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf.)''


country       -      percentage of degrees of the inhabitants     -        percentage of degrees of the immigrants
country       -      percentage of degrees of the inhabitants     -        percentage of degrees of the immigrants
Line 46: Line 46:


If these conditions are met, then the Diaspora community is predestined to be an engine for economic development of their country of origin.
If these conditions are met, then the Diaspora community is predestined to be an engine for economic development of their country of origin.
== References ==
Saskia Sassen: Migranten, Siedler, Flüchtlinge. Von der Massenauswanderung zur Festung Europa, Frankfurt am Main 1996.
OECD, Counting Immigrants and Expatriates in OECD Countries: A new Perspective, 2004, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/5/33868740.pdf
Anna Lee Saxenian: Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Juni 1999,
http://ppic120www.ppic.org/main/results.asp
Dieter Oberndörfer: Warum brauchen Industrieländer die Zuwanderung von Hochqualifizierten?, http://www2.gtz.de/migration-and-development/konferenz-1/deutsch/referate.htm
Zum Begriff der Diaspora siehe Robin Cohen: Diasporas and the Nation-State: From Victims to Challengers, International Affairs, Juli 1996, S. 507–520.
Saurabh Srivastava: The migration of highly skilled: brain drain or engine for
economic development?, http://www2.gtz.de/migration-and-development/konferenz-1/deutsch/
vortraege.htm
Uwe Hunger: Indian IT-Entrepreneurs in the US and in India. An Illustration of the „Brain Gain Hypothesis“, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, August 2004, S. 99–109
Philip L. Martin: Migration and development: Towards sustainable solutions, International Institute for Labour Studies DP/153/2004