Foreword / Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Gunter Thielen -- Part I. The Transatlantic Counil on Migration -- Introduction : the aims of the Transatlantic Council on Migration / Transatlantic Council on Migration -- Council statement : responding competitively to the new mobility of the 21st century / Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Annette Heuser -- Part II. Piecing together the global demographic puzzle -- Emerging demographic trends in Asia and the Pacific : the implications for international migration / Graeme Hugo -- The demography of China and India : effect on migration to high-income countries through 2030 / Michael J. White, Inku Subedi -- Emerging demographic patterns across the Mediterranean and their implications for migration through 2030 / Philippe Fargues -- Demographic and human-capital trends in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa / Wolfgang Lutz...et. al. -- Demographic trends in Mexico : the implications for skilled migration / Elena Zuniga, Miguel Molina -- Part III. Competing for talent -- Talent in the 21st century economy / Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Will Somerville, Hiroyuki Tanaka -- Hybrid immigrant selection systems : the next generation of economic migration schemes / Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Will Somerville, Hiroyuki Tanaka -- Soft, scarce and super skills : sourcing the next generation of migrant workers in Europe / Elizabeth Collett, Fabian Zuleeg -- The growing demand for students as skilled migrants / Lesleyanne Hawthorne -- Part IV. Epilogue -- Immigration and competitiveness at a time of deepening recession / Demetrios G. Papademetriou -- Part V. Discussion summary -- Second meeting of the Transatlantic Council on Migration / Transatlantic Council on Migration