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The international mobility of talent : types, causes, and development impact / edited by Andrés Solimano.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in development economicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xxi, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199532605 (cloth) :
  • 0199532605 (cloth) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD5855 .I53 2008
Contents:
1. Causes and Consequences of Talent Mobility / Andres Solimano -- Pt. I. Analytical Perspectives -- 2. The International Mobility of Talent and Economic Development: An Overview of Selected Issues / Andres Solimano -- 3. The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications / Anthony P. DCosta -- 4. Global Mobility of Talent from a Perspective of New Industrial Policy: Open Migration Chains and Diaspora Networks / Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Charles Sabel -- Pt. II. Case Studies: Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Students, Health Professionals, and Cultural Workers -- 5. The International Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Regional Upgrading in India and China / AnnaLee Saxenian -- 6. International Mobility of Researchers and Scientists: Policy Options for Turning a Drain into a Gain / Kristian Thorn and Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen -- 7. 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 Wodon -- 8. International Mobility of Health Professionals: Brain Drain or Brain Exchange? / Stephen Bach -- 9. The International Mobility of Cultural Talent / Tony Addison -- Pt. III. Additional Topics -- 10. International Organizations as a Profession: Professional Mobility and Power Distribution / Jean-Marc Coicaud -- 11. Talent Mobility in the Global Economy: Europe as a Destination / Mario Cervantes and Andrea Goldstein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER).

1. Causes and Consequences of Talent Mobility / Andres Solimano -- Pt. I. Analytical Perspectives -- 2. The International Mobility of Talent and Economic Development: An Overview of Selected Issues / Andres Solimano -- 3. The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications / Anthony P. DCosta -- 4. Global Mobility of Talent from a Perspective of New Industrial Policy: Open Migration Chains and Diaspora Networks / Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Charles Sabel -- Pt. II. Case Studies: Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Students, Health Professionals, and Cultural Workers -- 5. The International Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Regional Upgrading in India and China / AnnaLee Saxenian -- 6. International Mobility of Researchers and Scientists: Policy Options for Turning a Drain into a Gain / Kristian Thorn and Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen -- 7. 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 Wodon -- 8. International Mobility of Health Professionals: Brain Drain or Brain Exchange? / Stephen Bach -- 9. The International Mobility of Cultural Talent / Tony Addison -- Pt. III. Additional Topics -- 10. International Organizations as a Profession: Professional Mobility and Power Distribution / Jean-Marc Coicaud -- 11. Talent Mobility in the Global Economy: Europe as a Destination / Mario Cervantes and Andrea Goldstein.

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