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How the world is changing. Demographic, geopolitical and economic trends Prof. Antonio Golini Emeritus, Sapienza University of Rome Acting President of ISTAT, National Statical Institute The analyses carried out in this presentation are the result of reflections made in the course of my life as a scholar and do not necessarily involve the positions of the National Institute of Statistics. Many thanks to Dr Elena Gramiccia and Dr Tommaso Rondinella for their valuable contribution in preparing this lecture. 2 Demographic trends Demographic trends Total population by Region: 1950-2050 (billions) Continent 2010 2050 ∆ 2050-10 ∆%2050-10 Africa 1033 1998 965 93,5 898 1128 230 25,6 4167 5231 1065 25,6 Europe 733 691 -42 -5,7 Oceania 36 51 16 43,3 WORLD 6909 9150 2241 32,4 Americas Total population by Continent 2010-2050 (millions and differences) Asia Source: calculations on UN Population division data. World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision 4 Demographic trends Total population by Regions, 1950-2050 (%): (a) More developed countries- MDRs, (b) Intermediate developed countries- IDCs, (c) Less developed countries- LDCs Source: calculations on UN Population division data. World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision 5 Demographic trends Population , 1950 - 2050 (millions) More developed countries Intermediate developed countries Less developed countries. Source: calculations on UN Population division data. World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision Note: Estimate 1950-2010. Projection “Average fertility” 2015-2050 6 Demographic trends around the Mediterranean Sea Population 1950 - 2050 (millions) Source: calculations on UN Population division data. World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision Note: Estimate 1950-2010. Projection “Average fertility” 2015-2050 7 Demographic trends in Italy A country of elderly people: in 2050, over sixty years old people will represent one-third of the population (now they are one in five people), and the number of over eighty years old people will increase from the current 5.8% to 13.6%. Population by age 1950 - 2050 (billion) Source: Istat- Demo 8 Demographic equilibriums: factor of peace (?) The population of Israel (8.2 million), with 75 percent of the population being Jewish Israelis is growing at about 1.8 percent. The population of State of Palestine (4.4 million + more than 1.5 million refugees living in camps and 4 million outside) is growing 2.4 percent a year. While the Jewish proportion in Israel will decline slightly over the next two decades, it will continue to be the dominant majority of the Israeli population, 73 percent in 2035. This is not the case, however, when one considers the entire future population residing in the former British Palestine. Demographic projections indicate that less than half of the future population residing there would be Jewish, 48 percent in 2025 and 46 percent by 2035 (53% with only West Bank). Source: Joseph Chamie , Israeli-Palestinian Population Growth and Its Impact on Peace, 2/2/2014 WORLDVIEWS *if Palestinians in refugee camps included Economic trends: World economic center of gravity is shifting away Economic trends World economic center of gravity is shifting towards the emerging countries. Two-thirds of global growth are generated in emerging economies e.g. the Asiatic countries. World trade (monthly index 2000=100) Source: CPB World Trade Monitor 11 Economic trends Distribution of weights on world economy of emerging and advanced countries, as defined nowadays Share of world GDP in emerging and advanced countries, 1950-2030 Source: elaboration on data Angus Maddison and FMI 12 Economic trends In peoples’ relationships we are moving back to ancient times. 1950 situation does not seem to be reproducible, even if some western countries may be willing to. Distribution of weights on world economy of emerging and advanced countries, as defined nowadays Share of world GDP in emerging and advanced countries, 1950-2030 Source: elaboration on data Angus Maddison and FMI 13 Economic trends Two-thirds of middle class consumers will be in Asia Today there are 1.8 billion people in the global middle class, concentrated in North America (338 million), Europe (664 million) and Asia (525 million). The US has some 230 million, the EU 450 million middle class consumers. Today Asia accounts for less than one-quarter. By 2020, that share is expected to double. By 2050 two-thirds of middle class consumers will be in Asia. Shares of Global Middle Class Consumption, 2000-2050 Middle class consumers spend between 10 and 100 $PPP per day. Source: Kharas, 2010. Working paper, OECD Development Centre. Productions goes where work is cheaper and more available A growing share of Foreign Direct Investments move towards developing economies. Inbound Foreign Direct Investments (annual data, stock, millions of dollars) Source: UNCTAD 15 Economic trends in Italy The weight that Italy holds in the world is progressively diminishing, in the quantity of goods and services both produced and exported, as well as in the population. Weight of Italy: share of world GDP, Export and Population 1960 – 2012 (percentages) Source: elaboration on World Bank– World Development Indicators – and UNCTAD data 16 Productions goes where work is cheaper and more available Nationally controlled enterprises in foreign countries by economic activity – years 2007 and 2010 (percentage share with respect to the whole enterprises resident in Italy) Foreign Direct Investments. Italy, inbound and outbound (stock – millions of dollars) Source: Istat 17 Labour supply perspectives The huge low cost labour supply in less and intermediate development countries, in particular the BRICS and Sub-Saharian African countries, together with the reduced or negative supply in western countries, in particular the European ones, makes production increasingly move where work is cheaper and more available. Growth forecasts of working age population and number of jobs needed to absorb it – Years 20102050 ∆ 19702010 ∆ 20102050 ∆% 19702010 ∆% 20102050 392 725 204,5 124,1 North America 92 40 64,3 17,2 Latin America 231 79 150,1 20,5 1.610 595 135,8 21,3 Europe 81 -103 19,2 -20,6 Oceania 10 7 79,0 29,7 WORLD 2.416 1342 114,6 29,7 Regions Africa Asia Source: A. Golini, Seminario Ambrosetti, Milano 2011 18 Demographic trends: Migrations The majority of migrants are in the North of the world (128 million), but come from the South (147 million) . While needed, migration can not and will not, as has happened from 800 to 900, resolve miseries of the world. Migrant population by Region of origin and destination – Year 2010 North 53,4 North 13,3 74,3 South 73,2 South Source: elaboration on UN Population division. Trends in International Migrant Stock data 19 Demographic trends: Migrations … it is worth noticing that movements take place mostly within the same Regions. Migrant population by Region of origin and destination, 2010 (millions) Source: elaboration on UN Population division. Trends in International Migrant Stock data 20 Employment and Migration Migrations are needed also in downturns because in developed countries they help rebalance not only quantitative labour market disequilibria, but also the qualitative ones. In developing countries it is not the same. Foreigners employed people (% on total employment) Source: Eurostat 21 Foreign employment in Italy In the Italian Labour Market, foreigner employed people are less than 2 per cent in the Public Administration, Finance and Insurance, Education while are the 16.5% in the «Hotel and Restaurant» sector, the 18.9% in the construction, and the 76.8% in the domestic and care Service sector (it was the 67,3% in 2008). Foreign employed people by economic sector in Italy (percentage) Source: Istat Employment and Unemployment In the advanced countries, millions of jobs have been burned by the financial crisis, and have not been made up. And there is a very strong competition trying to do this. Employment rate (15-64 years old) in advanced countries before and after the financial crisis (%) 23 Product goes everywhere at cheaper and cheaper costs The amazing ability to carry everything everywhere cheaply and fast is largely based on a «banal» but extraordinary invention such as the container Containers moved in the world (millions of TEU) World containers’ traffic in 2011 has reached nearly 600 million TEU (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) And has more than doubled in the last decade In 1956 loading a ship in the USA cost 5,86 dollar a ton and needed up to 6 days. Today it costs 16 cents a ton (97% less than in 1956) and needs 6-8 hours ( about 95% less). Source: World Bank; Port of Genoa; Levinson M., “The Box”, 2007. 24 Technology which substitutes humans The extraordinary growth in the use of robots, not only in the industrial sector but also in services (i.e. trains and airplanes without pilot) including those dedicated to people (i.e.: humanoid robots ensuring assistance to the elderly), is strongly reducing labour demand The great technological change is associated to a great cultural change. From childless to childfree: robot vs. children 25 Technology which substitutes humans The huge impact of Information technology has destroyed in some industrial sectors much more jobs than it created (examples: photography and telephony) It is very difficult to imagine what the impact on labour market of a «home-made industrial production» through revolutionary tools such as the 3D printer will be. Some company in Italy is almost ready to build houses, using gigantic 3D printer. Dreambox, Berkley University 3D printer 26 The role of manufacturing in the economy Manufacturing employment by group in selected advanced economies, 1995–2007 Index: 1995 = 100 Manufacturing employment in advanced economies has declined across all groups but has fallen most in the labourintensive tradables group. When economies become wealthier and reach middle-income status, manufacturing’s share of GDP peaks (at about 20 to 35 percent of GDP). Beyond that point, consumption shifts toward services, hiring in services outpaces job creation in manufacturing, and manufacturing’s share of GDP begins to fall along an inverted U curve. Source: McKinsey Global Institute, 2012 Manufacturing employment - % of total employment GDP per capita 27 Disruptive technologies Applications for knowledge work automation may have an economic impact between 5.200 and 6.700 billion$ by 2025 Mobile internet Automation of knowledge work The Internet of Things Cloud technology Advanced robotics Autonomous and near-autonomous vehicles Source: McKinsey Global Institute, 2013 Next-generation genomics Energy storage 3D printing Advanced materials Advanced oil and gas exploration and recovery Renewable energy 28 Social trends: education, urbanization and growth of poorer countries Social Macro-trends: education Between 2000 and 2011, the number of children that do not participate to Primary education has halved: from 102 million to 57 million. However, the process has slowed down and it will be difficult to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals on universal primary education by 2015. Net Index of school enrollment: enrolled to primary and middle school (for 100 children of the same age) Source: Processing of data from UN 30 Social Macro-trends: education Average nr. of years of study on adult population Source: Long-term Growth Scenarios, OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 1000 31 Social Macro-trends: female condition Enrolled to primary education (female / male) WORLD High Income Low income Middle Income Italy Source: Processing of data from UN 32 Social Macro-trends: fertility Fertility Rate and female achievement of primary education – Countries with High, Medium and Low Level Income, Years 1970-2011 Source: Processing of data from World Bank – World Development Indicators 33 Social Macrotrends: female empowerment The world average of the Gender Inequality Index is 0.463, which is equivalent to a loss of equity of 46.3%. Regional averages vary between 28% in Europe and Central Asia and nearly 58% in Sub-Saharian Africa, 56.8% in Southern Asia and 55.5% in Arabic States. At national level the index varies between 4.5% in Netherlands and 74.7% in Yemen. Italy is at the 25° place with a value of 10%. Gender Inequality Index per levels of human development Very High High Medium Low The “Gender Inequality Index” can be interpreted as a percentage loss in human development due to the underdevelopment (mortality at birth, fecundity of teenager achievement of upper school title). Source: Elaboration on UN data 34 Urbanization Urban and rural population - global and by region 1950-2050 (billion) Source: UN Population Division – World urbanization prospects: 2011 revision 35 Urbanization in Italy Urban and rural population in Italy - 1950-2050 (million) Source: UN Population Division – World urbanization prospects: 2011 revision The problem of governance at global, regional and local level and the problem to manage the different speeds Bargaining power: nations versus regional coalitions All these processes impact on demographics, economic, social and therefore political relationships. As a consequence of these massive change we are in front of huge and nearly paralyzing problems of governance. The UN multilateral model is in huge crisis, both at General Assembly level and at Security Council level due to its dated structure. The following needs to be considered It has to bear in mind that: - at global level, we are moving towards a regionalization that needs to be institutionalized in international context through new forms of representation - At local level in our area, the Mediterranean Union (the Union of the 47 euro - Mediterranean) would be important even if, in the short terms, the implementation is stuck 38 Towards a new global governance Globalization is making relevant in the international playground only countries or cluster of countries with the following 3 characteristics Political sovereignty Australia Canada Regional Size USA China India Russia [Brazil] Huge economic and demographic size EU Mercosur Asean Source: A. Golini, Tendenze demografiche e implicazioni socio-economiche, 18.01.07, USA 39 Learning to tell the time: seconds, minutes and hours The world is changing deeply and all its components (demographic, economic, social, technological and urban) and in the relationship among states and macro-regions. We are in front of an historical change – that seems to remind the glaciation or historical revolutions such as the industrial or the agriculture revolution – also due to the climate changes that with high degree of probability will have devastating effect. There is a significant differences versus the past: in a global ranking the world population shows very broad gradients as it never occurred in human history. Gradients which can now be known and perceived by individuals and peoples. Flexibility and adaptability will become critical: change will be the driving force of human survival on earth, but. «…in a context of continuous innovation, politics is always late in regulating social implications» (Cubeddu, Il tempo della politica e dei diritti, 2013) The problem is how to synchronize the speed of technological change, of cultural change, of economic change, of demographic change, of environmental change with policy capability to manage all these differentials, both at regional level and global level. 40