Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63231 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2004/62
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The objective here is to understand how the mobility of technical talent might be changing the structural relationship between rich and poor countries. This paper examines the under-researched relationship between India and Japan in the context of globalization, migration, and developmental impact with demographic, immigration, and innovation policy issues as key themes. By focusing on the export of technical talent, I argue that India could tap its overseas ‘brain bank’ by diversifying IT export markets, create epistemic networks, meet impending skill shortages in Japan, and induce long-term innovative capability. Immigration reforms and freer movement of talent will be critical.
Subjects: 
international migration
technical talent
IT industry
innovation and development
‘brain bank’
India
Japan
JEL: 
F22
J24
O19
O57
ISBN: 
929190659X
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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