NDLI: Responding to the decline of Latvia's population

Content Provider	OECD iLibrary
Organization	OECD
Abstract	Latvia’s population is declining at a rapid pace due to ageing and very high emigration. Emigration has slowed after peaking during the recent economic crisis, but continues to exceed natural population decrease and has been higher than in any OECD country over the past decade. The working-age population has also been shrinking faster than in any OECD country, and the old-age dependency ratio is expected to increase by some 20% over the next decade. Approximately 12% of Latvian-born people now live abroad and many of them are unlikely to come back. To stem the negative impact of falling population numbers on economic progress and social cohesion, Latvia should invest significant additional efforts to strengthen links with Latvians abroad, retain talent in Latvia, actively target labour migrants to help address skills shortages, and review existing barriers to labour migration, such as formal language requirements.
Page Count	40
Starting Page	101
Ending Page	140
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2016-03-31
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Employment Social Issues/Migration/Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Responding to the decline of Latvia's population