The--Migration-Economy移民经济课件.pptVIP

In the past, foreign workers and their remittances got scant policy attention. Thats not the case anymore. Immigration has become a major domestic and foreign-policy issue from Paris to Manila to Mexico City. Many developing countries, who have come to depend on remittances as a vital source of external finance, are pushing a pro-migration agenda. For good reason: Polish seasonal workers, for example, who harvest grapes in France, apples in Switzerland and asparagus in Germany help ease pressure on their countrys 18 percent unemployment rate. scant [sk?nt] adj. 不足的；缺乏的；勉强够的