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As Portugal prepares to implement surrogacy legislation, it enters a realm fraught with legal, ethical, and psychological complexities. Across the globe, jurisdictions exhibit diverse approaches to surrogacy, reflecting cultural, ethical, and legal diversity. This necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the implications of surrogacy within different legal systems. Moreover, the psychological impact on surrogates, intended parents, and offspring demands careful examination. As Portugal embarks on this journey, it must navigate ethical challenges, ensuring the protection of all parties involved. Furthermore, addressing research gaps and ethical dilemmas will be paramount in crafting legislation that upholds the rights and well-being of all individuals affected by surrogacy arrangements.

For the first time, in 23 years of publication of journal Revista Galega de Economia (RGE), we have the opportunity to launch an special issue, in year 2014, on international perspectives in English. Until now the journal has published a few articles in English and many articles with regional, national and international perspectives in Spanish. This issue is one important step to increase the level of internationalization of the RGE, both to foster the international readership of interesting publications by researchers from this region and country and to integrate international perspectives for development by authors from other countries. Here we present the contributions of this issue and references to other interesting articles, with international perspective, published in Galicia.