[EQ] Mobilizing Talent for Global Development

Mobilizing Talent for Global Development

Policy Brief No.7- 2006, Andrés Solimano

The World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER)- United
Nations University (UNU)

Available online at:
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/policy-brief/pb7-2006-talent.pdf

“….Talent (combining creativity, education, skills, and knowledge) is
associated with human capital and provides a very valuable economic
resource. In the past, the emigration of human capital from developing
countries raised fears because of the associated ‘brain drain’. This is
still a valid concern today although new forms and directions in the
international mobility of talent call for renewed perspectives.

The return mobility of expatriate ‘technological entrepreneurs’ to
developing countries is a positive trend. However, the emigration of health
professionals from low income countries is a source of concern. Global
development needs an effective transfer of knowledge and human capital,
including students, scientists, and cultural workers, to developing
countries in order to support their growth and development process: a brain
gain, or at least brain circulation…..”

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Received on Wed Sep 27 10:13:06 2006