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Author Kapur, Devesh, 1959-

Title Give us your best and brightest : the global hunt for talent and its impact on the developing world / Devesh Kapur and John McHale
Published Washington, D.C. : Center for Global Development, [2005]
©2005

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 MELB  331.12791 Kap/Guy  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Absent human capital: what do we know? -- The international competition for talent -- Why is immigration policy becoming more skill focused? -- When people can leave: the effect of prospective emigration -- Absent talent: out of sight, out of mind? -- Gone but not forgotten? the role of the diaspora -- Financial remittances and development -- Better than before? the role of returning emigrants -- Policy options
Summary "Examines the political and economic implications of migrant flows from a development perspective"--Provided by publisher
Notes Archive.org link captured 4 August 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Professional employees -- Developing countries.
Brain drain -- Developing countries.
Human capital -- Developing countries.
Skilled labor -- Developing countries.
SUBJECT Developing countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037341 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907
Developed countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000124 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907
Author McHale, John.
LC no. 2005018132
ISBN 9781933286037 paper alkaline paper
1933286032 paper alkaline paper