Demographic changes, primarily the problem of progressive ageing, are one of the key
challenges to development in Poland. The Opolskie voivodeship belongs to the regions …

BACKGROUND The demographic dividend, a concept that is widely used in development
cooperation, describes the economic growth potential based on shifts towards a large share …

Names: Gorzelak, Grzegorz. Title: Social and economic development in Central and Eastern
Europe: stability and change after 1990/edited by Grzegorz Gorzelak. Description …

The aim of this study was to identify determinants of the population ageing process in 270
European cities. We analyzed the proportion of older people: men and women separately …

Suffering from mass emigration in 1990s–early 2000s, after 2014 Poland became a country
that attracts a record number of short-term migrants. While Polish governments proclaimed …

Since the Second World War, Italy has experienced major demographic changes, including
increasing survival, decreasing fertility and higher rates of immigration. These changes have …

Poland, traditionally a country of emigration, started to record a positive migration balance in
recent years. However, thus far, no forecast has indicated the possibility of Poland's …

This chapter presents the most important demographic changes in EU11 countries in the
post-1989 period: the lengthening of life expectancy, decreasing number of births and …

The three factors defining any demographic change are fertility, mortality, and migration.
Together, they determine population size and its change over time. For most of human …

Population ageing is a topic of great concern in many countries. To counteract the negative
effects of ageing, increased fertility or immigration are often proposed as demographic …