I think everybody understands what we're getting at

Yep, eventually.

I had to do a double take to get there. The wording for that bit a bit was hard to chew through. What threw me off initially was talking about the "success of emigration-led growth."
I see emigration-led growth as present or absent, not as success or failure. Or to put it as a question, is there such a thing as "a failure of emigration-led growth?"

Anyway, not a biggie. Trying new angles is what makes writing (and reading it) interesting.