Talent Circulation Across Countries: A Review of Issues and Experiences – IMC-RP 2025/2

ABSTRACT

Talent often reflects the combination of inner abilities and personal motivation with formal education and training. In the knowledge economy talent has become a very important resource that contribute to create knowledge, mobilize entrepreneurial spirits, develop new technologies and bring fresh contacts and human resources to the host country. In addition, in the global age, people with special talents and high human capital tend to be particularly mobile across national boundaries generating “brain drain “effects that can be counteracted by “brain circulation” and the mobilization of Diasporas contributing to the development of the home country. This paper reviews main issues and country experiences with policies regarding talent mobilization for global and national development.