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The first demographic transitions and natural growth of Mexican and Indian

The first demographic transitions and natural growth of Mexican and Indian

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Since 1990s, under the effects of globalization the size and intensity of international migration flow have increased enormously. Owing to the increased flows, rapidly growing immigrant population, and their role in the global economy and politics, the concept of diaspora has revived its importance in international relations and academic research....

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... to fall, but the fast decline of death rate, resulted in continuous population growth. The gap between birth and death rate narrowed in the last decade with a small decline in the population growth rate, which shows that both countries are moving from the middle transitional stage to the late transitional stage of the first demographic transition (Fig. 2). The demographic dividend or the surplus of population due to natural increase put enormous pressure on the local labour markets -which were mainly agriculture based economies and recovering from the wounds of colonial loot and civil wars- to produce employment opportunities for all. The failure to fulfil the employment aspirations of ...