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Language skills are key to integration in Germany

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GERMANY

Activity rates are low for asylum seekers as many do not have the language skills required by employers

Worker shortages and skills mismatches will hit growth

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INT

High youth unemployment and rising worker retirements are straining labour markets and productivity

Brexit’s focus on non-EU workers will divide business

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UK

‘Withdrawal agreement’ priority for non-EU workers will ensure immigration debate persists

COVID-19 will worsen southern European ‘brain drain’

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EUROPE

The economic shock of COVID-19 on southern Europe will drive many more skilled people abroad in search of opportunity

Joblessness will rise as job-save policies are unwound

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INT

Policies have reduced the damage COVID-19 has done to Western job markets but these temporary schemes have to be unwound

Social cohesion is vital to promote long-run growth

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INT

Strong social and human capital can offset costs such as technologically stranded workers

Jobs look like Hungarian governing party success story

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HUNGARY

More Hungarians have been brought into the work force but the reserves are nearly used up requiring a new labour policy

EU regional aid leaves non-metropolitan regions poor

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EU

Several eastern capital regions exceed the EU average for GDP per capita but poorer regions are being left behind

Large African economies to shoulder migration burden

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AFRICA

Political volatility will drive African asylum-seekers to rich states, but overall migration is mainly intra-continental

Inefficiency worsens inequality in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Inefficient spending hampers efforts to reduce inequality in Latin America