A new World Bank report stresses that countries like Tunisia, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey may soon need more foreign workers because their population no longer increases.
The report underlines the need to better manage migration because if these are well managed they can be a real engine of development and provide profits to migrants and countries of origin and destination.
According to the report, the rich countries, as well as an increasing number of intermediate income countries, face a declining demography, which intensifies global competition for workers and talents.
For example, the Spanish population, which is currently 47 million inhabitants, should drop by more than a third by 2100.
As for the proportion of people over the age of 65 in this country, it should go from 20% to 39% of the total, according to the document.
Countries like Mexico, Thailand, Tunisia and Turkey may soon need more foreign workers because their population no longer increases.
Beyond this demographic change, the factors that push to emigrate also evolve, making cross-border movements more diverse and more complex, underlines the international financial institution.
