Highly skilled workers play a central and starring role in today's knowledge economy.
Talented individuals make exceptional direct contributions—including breakthrough …

Talent is the most precious resource for today's knowledge-based economy, and a
significant share of the US skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United …

Entrepreneurs, technical experts, professionals, international students, writers, and artists
are among the most highly mobile people in the global economy today. These talented elite …

This publication discusses the dimensions, significance, and policy implications of
international flows of human resources in science and technology. The international mobility …

The globalization of the world economy, the growing boundary-less nature of the workforce,
and the reduction in immigration and emigration barriers to the movement of people have …

Global talent has never been more mobile or sought after. A complex phenomenon that
takes many forms, the movement of people with skills includes migrants, students, and even …

The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and
brightest. Talented individuals migrate much more frequently than the general population …

Migration across national borders provokes many spirited political and policy debates.
Although these debates are often most contentious when they deal with lower-skilled …

Building and maintaining a stock of researchers and scientists able to generate knowledge
and innovate are key elements in increasing productivity and global competitiveness. For …

Actors in developing economies must have the capacity to acquire new knowledge—to learn
new ways of doing things—if they are to compete in the world economy. 1 Learning, in turn …