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2 April, 2008
WIDER Book Launch with the Brookings Institution: Mobilizing Talent for Global Development
Time: 2 April 2008 15:00 - 17:00
Location: The Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Entrepreneurs, technical experts, professionals, international students, writers, and artists are among the most highly mobile people in the global economy today. These talented elite often originate from developing countries and migrate to industrial economies. Many return home with new ideas, experiences, and capital useful for national development, whilst others remain to produce quality goods and services that are useful everywhere in the global economy.
The economic potential of globalization is ultimately dependent on the international mobility of highly talented individuals that transfer knowledge, new technologies, ideas, business capacities, and other creative capabilities. Developing countries and advanced economies may both gain from this mobility if it is effectively and smartly managed. This volume provides a novel analysis of the main determinants and development impact of talent mobility in the global economy.
Andrés Solimano, director of the UNU-WIDER research project on the Mobility of Talent, and AnnaLee Saxenian, a contributor to the project, will jointly discuss the main findings and policy implications of the study.
Mobilizing Talent for Global Development
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