UNU-WIDER Mobilizing Talent for Global Development

Embargo: Wednesday 2 April 2008, 3:00 pm. 

A new study on The International Mobility of Talent Types, Causes, and Development Impact directed by Andrés Solimano at the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) will be launched on Wednesday 2 April 2008 at the Brookings Institution, 3:00 to 5:00 pm; Saul/Zilkha Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC, USA.

The Director of the WIDER study Andrés Solimano and co-author AnnaLee Saxenian are available for advance phone interviews; please schedule a time with the contacts below. Copies of the study and Policy Brief summarizing the study will be available for journalists at the launch and the full research output is available for media preview at: www.wider.unu.edu

Media Contacts:

Ara Kazandjian: +358-50-351-0325; ara(at)wider.unu.edu

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