"Who is going to pay for the retirement of future generations? Most European countries face the same difficulty, amid ageing populations and low birth rates."Click on the image to link to the article and you can read how this question is addressed by correspondents in eight EU member states.
The second article is really a series of emails from an Indian immigrant in the UK to his brother back in India. They make quite poignant reading - particularly the irony that the writer, who is a highly qualified computer specialist, left India just before the recent boom there in the info tech industry. He is clearly tempted by return migration! "I'd like to go back to India in a few years time. There is a buzz in the air and I'd like to be part of it and make my contribution to the spectacular economic growth story that is happening right now. "
