How Can Talent Abroad Help Build Institutions at Home?

Mac Arthur Project

How Can Talent Abroad Help Build Institutions at Home?
At the discusion on February 4, 2009, Yevgeny Kuznetsov (WBIHD) and Matteo Morgandi (MENA Social Protection Unit) established the context: They provided examples of how multiple incremental contributions contribute to the transformation of private and public sector institutions. In addition, they also conveyed statistical info on the strength and educational level of diasporas from North Africa countries. Natasha Iskander went into detail of an unlikely reform - Electricity sector reform in rural Morocco - which occurred due to Morocco migrants returning home. Presentations How Can Talent Abroad Help Transform Institutions at Home? Lessons for North Africa, Yevgeny Kuznetsov (PDF, 570Kb) Practice and Power: Emigrants and Development in the Moroccan Souss, Natasha Iskander (PDF, 1.1Mb)

Presenters
Natasha Iskander, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service Yevgeny Kuznetsov, World Bank Institute Matteo Morgandi, MENA Social Protection
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Highlights

Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Argentina

Comparable surveys of the technological diasporas of Russia, Argentina, and South Korea will allow for cross-country comparisons.

India

In India the focus is on diaspora’s role in mundane yet strategic issues of public service delivery (including education, health, energy and transportation).

GlobalScot

This section will explore the challenge of institutionalization of diaspora search networks.

Mexico

This study will document emergence of open migration chains -- sequences of educational or job opportunities which allows a migrant to move to progressively complex educational and job tasks necessary to work in the global environment.

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