Regional and international migration in the Caribbean and its impact on sustainable development compendium on recent research on migration in the Caribbean

During the last twenty five years modernization and globalization have thoroughly changed the economic entities of most countries on earth. Globalization involves the modernization and integration of international economic systems through international trade, foreign investments and the temporary and permanent movement of people. The economic mechanisms which have led to this globalization have been lubricated by two important phenomena: a) the rapid increase in information, transportation and communication technology and b) the enhanced liberalization of trade and capital markets1. Globalization has had some major consequences for current global migration patterns. At the moment, some 175 million persons are living outside the country in which they were born.