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Author: Andrés Solimano (, Regional Advisor, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC))
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.747kg
ISBN: 9780199532605
ISBN 10: 0199532605
Pages: 394
Publication Date: 14 February 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This interesting book brings the knowledge and sophistication of first rate economists to the analysis of the globalization of talent and assesses its various and not always obvious consequences. It will help us to better understand this complex and topical phenomenon. It will become an essential reference in this important and new branch of economics. Vito Tanzi, former director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF, and an Undersecretary for Economy and Finance in the Italian Government The International Mobility of Talent brings together the best research in this critically important subject, identifying the roles of creativity, knowledge, ideas, and skills that go beyond trade and capital as the movers of economic development. Richard Florida, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, author of The Rise of the Creative Class This is the highest talent writing about the mobility of talent, now a subject central to development. This book deserves a warm welcome. Alice H. Amsden, Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economy, MIT Andres Solimano has skilfully edited the contributions of many experts to present a comprehensive analysis of one of the least examined dimensions of globalization. This important work examines the international mobility of talented individuals and the way that they disseminate ideas as they move from country to country, which in turn impact on economies in both the developed and the developing world. David Parrish, International Management Consultant and Trainer: www.davidparrish.com
A useful introduction for those new to the topic of skilled migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies This interesting book brings the knowledge and sophistication of first rate economists to the analysis of the globalization of talent and assesses its various and not always obvious consequences. It will help us to better understand this complex and topical phenomenon. It will become an essential reference in this important and new branch of economics. Vito Tanzi, former director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF, and an Undersecretary for Economy and Finance in the Italian Government The International Mobility of Talent brings together the best research in this critically important subject, identifying the roles of creativity, knowledge, ideas, and skills that go beyond trade and capital as the movers of economic development. Richard Florida, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, author of The Rise of the Creative Class This is the highest talent writing about the mobility of talent, now a subject central to development. This book deserves a warm welcome. Alice H. Amsden, Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economy, MIT Andres Solimano has skilfully edited the contributions of many experts to present a comprehensive analysis of one of the least examined dimensions of globalization. This important work examines the international mobility of talented individuals and the way that they disseminate ideas as they move from country to country, which in turn impact on economies in both the developed and the developing world. David Parrish, International Management Consultant and Trainer: www.davidparrish.com
Author Information
Andrés Solimano, a Chilean-Italian national, holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is currently Regional Advisor at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC). He is also Director of the project on The International Mobility of Talent with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Finland and UN-ECLAC in Santiago. Formerly Country Director at the World Bank in Washington DC and Executive Director for Chile and Ecuador on the Boards of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and affiliated institutions, he has published numerous books and authored articles on growth, development, globalization, economic reform, income distribution, international migration, and macroeconomics in professional journals and the media.
