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The International Mobility of Talent and its Impact on Global Development

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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. Well educated and/or talented people are often more internationally mobile than unskilled workers.

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  • Andrés Solimano, 2006. "The International Mobility of Talent and its Impact on Global Development," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2006-08, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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