Diaspora networks and the international migration of skills : how countries can draw on their talent abroad /

Contributor(s):

Kuznetsov, Yevgeny

Material type: Text

TextSeries: WBI development studiesPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2006.Description: xi, 237 pISBN:

0821366475
9780821366479

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

331.6'2

LOC classification:

HD6300 .D53 2006

Summary: 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.

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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.

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