The aim of this lesson:
To be able to evaluate internal (national) in terms of it's geographic (socio-economic, political and environmental) impacts at it's origins and destinations.
To discuss the causes of voluntary, economic migration.
To use China as a case-study of internal (national) migration.
Updated July 2012
For the first time ever, the number of Britons over 65 exceeds those under 16. As the country grows older, the demand is growing for people to be able to work beyond pensionable age. And with advanced years comes growing political power - so the debate about retirement age is set to intensify
With the European elections having just taken place,
Patricia Fungisayi
Mukubvu-Mwanyisa
describes how the voting process in
Zimbabwe
in
2008 has left Zimbabwean women with "political wounds" and a deep feeling of
disempowerment
This new measure of national wealth could change the focus on economic wealth as a measure of development. Interestingly the rankings differ little from the GDP or HDI rankings, but it could influence future policy discussions.