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 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...

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...

Explores methods for estimating the impact of child labour on student learning. Considers various measures of child labour and school performance and examines issues in sample design. Demonstrates the type of results that can be obtained with two multi-country data sets and makes suggestions for...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on economic theory of human capital investment - uses catastrophe theory (mathematical analysis) to generate a model on effects of income distribution and educational policy change on political behaviour in developing countries, and concludes that there exists...

Looks at the fundamental importance of employment for development.

Reviews the debate and the frameworks in terms of the concept of catching up, the policy issues raised, and the principles guiding the design of industrial policies. Provides a comparative analysis between the growth perspective and the institutional economics approach, draws lessons for the...