Examines the extent of emigration of skilled labour from developing countries to OECD countries. Reviews policy options for both sending and receiving countries to promote mutually beneficial brain circulation or exchanges.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper emanating from the WEP on the effects of the migration of migrant workers from Mediterranean countries in Western Europe on both home and host countries, with particular reference to employment and income distribution - examines effects on the host country in terms...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising three contributions on developing country taxation of brain drain, extent of migrant workers and relationships to a new international economic order - reviews various initiatives and resolutions made by Yugoslavia and UNCTAD, as well as UN Resolutions to...

ILO pub. Working paper, case study of the impact of brain drain on the labour market in Argentina - proposes incentives for the return migration of skilled workers and other highly qualified workers, assuring them job placement and tax incentives; assesses training needs; analyses possibility of...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on ways to compensate the home countries of migrant workers for loss of labour force and brain drain - discusses the situation in Arab country, and constitutes part of a WEP research project on migration for employment. References and statistical tables.

ILO pub. Working paper, case study of the impact of brain drain on the labour market in Uruguay - considers emigration trends, demographic aspects, educational level, occupation and employment status of emigrants; examines concurrent labour force participation and working conditions in Uruguay,...

Addressing a gap in most discussions on globalization, Stalker examines how migration interacts with movement of goods and capital and how it is closely tied to social and economic changes. He makes starkly clear the major impact that economic convergence is likely to have on migrant flows and...

ILO pub. Article comprising a case study of relationships between internal migration (esp. Rural migration), technological change and agricultural production in India - concludes from a local level survey undertaken in the Punjab region in 1977 that rural migration and return migration improve...

The paper captures the findings of a study on employer views regarding the importance and feasibility of the implementation of circular migration policies. It is based on desk review and interviews with employers’ organisations, individual employers, public employment services and ministries...