“Brain Drain” and the Global Mobility of High-Skilled Talent

“Brain Drain” and the Global Mobility of High-Skilled Talent

This note outlines the challenges of retaining and attracting high-skilled professionals, briefly assesses both the 'brain gain' and the 'brain drain' in the health sector, and examines some of the existing programs that encoura...

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Main Author:	Leipziger, Danny M.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCE ADVANCED DEGREES ADVISORY SERVICE BRAIN DRAIN BRAIN-DRAIN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL MARKETS CLUSTERS COST EFFECTIVENESS COST OF TRAINING COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN CREDITWORTHINESS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT CENTERS DIASPORA EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMIGRATION EMPLOYER ENROLLMENT RATES ENTREPRENEURS EXPENDITURE EXTERNAL FINANCE FINANCES FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL MARKETS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FUTURE REMITTANCES GENDER GENDER ASPECTS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GRADUATE STUDENTS HEALTH SECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHLY EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRANT IMMIGRATION IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT REMITTANCES INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY LABOR MARKETS LAND GRANTS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKETING MIGRANT REMITTANCES NET TRANSFER NEW COMPANIES NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSES NURSING PHYSICIANS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION REMITTANCE REMITTANCE COSTS REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCES RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCHERS SAVINGS SCARCE RESOURCES SCIENTISTS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SKILLED WORKERS SPECIAL VISAS START-UPS STUDENT LOANS STUDENT MIGRATION TEMPORARY MIGRATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENT TRANSFER OF FUNDS TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE UNION UNIVERSITIES VENTURE CAPITAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WORK PERMITS WORKING CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9988738/brain-drain-global-mobility-high-skilled-talent http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11140

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9988738/brain-drain-global-mobility-high-skilled-talent
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11140

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