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International Mobility of Talent and its Impact on Global Development, The

An Overview

  • Author: UN, ECLAC
  • Publication date: October 2006
  • Page count: 36
  • Language(s) in this book: English
  • Sales number: 06.II.G.110

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Human talent is a key economic resource and a source of creative power in science, technology, business, arts and culture and other activities. Talent has a large economic value and its mobility has increased with globalization, the spread of new information technologies and lower transportation costs. The purpose of this paper is to review analytical and policy issues related to the international mobility of talented individuals, examining the main types of talent who move internationally, their specific traits and characteristics and the implications of this mobility for source and destination countries and for global development.