Diaspora Networks and the International Migration of Skills : How Countries Can Draw on Their Talent Abroad.
Network diasporas are but the latest bridge connecting developing economy insiders, with their risk-mitigating knowledge and connections, to outsiders in command of technical know-how and investment capital. This book examines the interaction of expatriate talent with institutions in expatriates...
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World Bank Publications,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Analytical Framework and Major Policy Issues; 1. International Migration of Talent, Diaspora Networks, and Development: Overview of Main Issues; 2. The Dynamics of Migration of the Highly Skilled: A Survey of the Literature; 3. The Dynamics of Diaspora Networks: Lessons of Experience; Part II. Expatriate Talent and Home Country Development: Lessons of Mature Diaspora Networks; 4. The Indian Diaspora: A Unique Case?; 5. Mexico: Leveraging Migrants' Capital to Develop Hometown Communities.
- 6. Armenia: What Drives First Movers and How Can Their Efforts Be Scaled Up?Part III. Expatriate Talent and Home Country Development: Emerging Diaspora Networks; 7. Argentina: Burgeoning Networks of Talent Abroad, Weak Institutions at Home; 8. South Africa: Evolving Diaspora, Promising Initiatives; 9. Promise and Frustration of Diaspora Networks: Lessons from the Network of Colombian Researchers Abroad; Part IV. Implications for Policy and Institutional Development; 10. A Model Diaspora Network: The Origin and Evolution of Globalscot.