Andrés Solimano (ed.)

The International Mobility of Talent

Types, Causes, and Development Impact
Herausgeber: Solimano, Andrés

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Produktbeschreibung

This original and important book looks in depth at the challenge of how to mobilize talent for international development. It shows that if managed effectively, this international mobility of talent can benefit both developing countries and more advanced economies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 166mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 739g
• ISBN-13: 9780199532605
• ISBN-10: 0199532605
• Artikelnr.: 23576876

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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