World Chronicle 795: Joseph Chamie, DESA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Joseph Chamie, Director of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), for World Chronicle program 795.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:05
• Production Date: 16 May 2000
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: AFSANE BASSIR POUR; EVGUENI MENKES; JOSEPH CHAMIE; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA
• Subject Topical: AGEING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; POPULATION
• MAMS Id: 2190496
• Parent Id: 827276

Description

ARE IMMIGRANTS THE ANSWER FOR RICH, BUT GREYING NATIONS?

According to United Nations population projections, Japan and virtually all the countries of Europe are expected to decrease in population size over the next 50 years. At the same time, these countries are undergoing a relatively rapid ageing process. Is replacement migration as solution to population decline and population ageing. In this edition of World Chronicle, Joseph Chamie, Director of the Population Division of the United Nations Development Department of Economic and Social Affairs, talks about how the choices that developed countries have to make as their population decreases.

• Scripts: File; 795.pdf (34.29 KB)