Does the international adoption of children stimulate the growth of new family services in the children’s home countries or does it hinder their development?

Two researchers from Liverpool University argue the latter. Their 2003 survey of 33 European countries found that, “those that had the highest rates of children in institutional care also had high proportions of outgoing international placements”.

Moreover, they reported, “those that had the highest rates of children in institutional care also had high proportions of incoming international adoptions”. Thus, “the ev