Ebook: Exodus: how migration is changing our world

Cover; Contents; Prologue; Part 1 The Questions and the Process; Chapter 1: The Migration Taboo; Chapter 2: Why Migration Accelerates; Part 2 Host Societies: Welcome or Resentment?; Chapter 3: The Social Consequences; Chapter 4: The Economic Consequences; Chapter 5: Getting Migration Policy Wrong; Part 3 Migrants: Grievance or Gratitude?; Chapter 6: Migrants: The Winners from Migration; Chapter 7: Migrants: The Losers from Migration; Part 4 Those Left Behind; Chapter 8: The Political Consequences; Chapter 9: The Economic Consequences; Chapter 10: Left Behind?;More than ever before, those in the poorest countries-the bottom billion-feel the lure of greater opportunities beyond their borders. Indeed, the scale of migration driven by international inequality is so massive that it could make nations as we know them obsolete. In Exodus, world-renowned economist and bestselling author Paul Collier lays out the effects of encouraging or restricting migration in the interests of both sending and receiving societies. Drawing on original research and numerous case studies, Collier explores this volatile issue from three unique perspectives: the migrants them.