The International Mobility of Talent: Types, Causes, and Development Impact

by Andrïs Solimano

Overview

Entrepreneurs, technical experts, professionals, international students, writers, and artists are among the most highly mobile people in the global economy today. These talented elite often originate from developing countries and migrate to industrial economies. Many return home with new ideas, experiences, and capital useful for national development, whilst others remain to produce quality goods and services that are useful everywhere in the global economy.

The economic potential of globalization is ultimately dependent on the international mobility of highly talented individuals that transfer knowledge, new technologies, ideas, business capacities, and other creative capabilities. Developing countries and advanced economies may both gain from this mobility if it is effectively and smartly managed. This volume, with original contributions from outstanding international experts in the subject, provides a novel analysis of the main determinants and development impact of talent mobility in the global economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199532605
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/15/2008
Series:	WIDER Studies in Development Economics
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Andrés Solimano, a Chilean-Italian national, holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is currently Regional Advisor at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC). He is also Director of the project on The International Mobility of Talent with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Finland and UN-ECLAC in Santiago. Formerly Country Director at the World Bank in Washington DC and Executive Director for Chile and Ecuador on the Boards of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and affiliated institutions, he has published numerous books and authored articles on growth, development, globalization, economic reform, income distribution, international migration, and macroeconomics in professional journals and the media.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Anthony Shorrocks1. Causes and Consequences of Talent MobilityPart I Analytical Perspectives2. The International Mobility of Talent and Economic Development: An Overview of Selected Issues, Andrés Solimano3. The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications, Anthony P. D'Costa4. Global Mobility of Talent from a Perspective of New Industrial Policy: Open Migration Chains and Diaspora Networks, Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Charles SabelPart II Case Studies: Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Students, Health Professionals, and Cultural Workers5. The International Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Regional Upgrading in India and China, AnnaLee Saxenian6. International Mobility of Researchers and Scientists: Policy Options for Turning a Drain into a Gain, Kristian Thorn and Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen7. Student Migration to the United States and Brain Circulation: Issues, Empirical Results, and Programmes in Latin America, Diego F. Angel-Urdinola, Taizo Takeno, and Quentin Wodon8. International Mobility of Health Professionals: Brain Drain or Brain Exchange?, Stephen Bach9. The International Mobility of Cultural Talent, Tony AddisonPart III Additional Topics10. International Organizations as a Profession: Professional Mobility and Power Distribution, Jean-Marc Coicaud11. Talent Mobility in the Global Economy: Europe as a Destination, Mario Cervantes and Andrea Goldstein