Diaspora networks and the international migration of skills :
Diaspora networks and the international migration of skills : how countries can draw on their talent abroad /
- Washington, DC : World Bank, c2006.
- xi, 237 p. :
- WBI development studies .
Includes bibliographical references.
This book examines the interaction of expatriate talent with institutions in expatriates' countries of origin in an attempt to make the potential of diasporas and their knowledge a reality. The question of how to trigger and sustain such a virtuous cycle is a central concern of this book. The focus is on the "how to" details of how to design effective diaspora networks and transform brain drain into brain gain. The main audience is policy makers in developing countries who are developing programs and interventions to design effective diaspora networks ands transform brain drain into brain gain. The focus is on the (3z(Bhow to(3y (Bdetails of such interventions. The book will also be of interest to academics working on the migration of skills and development economics. Most of the chapters are written by individuals with direct knowledge of diaspora interventions or with diaspora experience.
0821366475 9780821366479
Foreign workers.
Human capital.
Brain drain.
Employment in foreign countries.
Emigration and immigration
HD6300 / .D53 2006
331.6'2
Includes bibliographical references.
This book examines the interaction of expatriate talent with institutions in expatriates' countries of origin in an attempt to make the potential of diasporas and their knowledge a reality. The question of how to trigger and sustain such a virtuous cycle is a central concern of this book. The focus is on the "how to" details of how to design effective diaspora networks and transform brain drain into brain gain. The main audience is policy makers in developing countries who are developing programs and interventions to design effective diaspora networks ands transform brain drain into brain gain. The focus is on the (3z(Bhow to(3y (Bdetails of such interventions. The book will also be of interest to academics working on the migration of skills and development economics. Most of the chapters are written by individuals with direct knowledge of diaspora interventions or with diaspora experience.
0821366475 9780821366479
Foreign workers.
Human capital.
Brain drain.
Employment in foreign countries.
Emigration and immigration
HD6300 / .D53 2006
331.6'2