Diaspora-led development through the corporate social responsibility initiatives of talented migrants

• Main Author: Gutiérrez-Chávez, Juan Enrique
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación GIGAPP Grupo de Investigación en Gobierno, Administración y Polí­ticas Públicas 2012-12-01
• Series: GIGAPP Estudios Working Papers
• Subjects: KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY; TALENT MIGRATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DIASPORA-LED DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Online Access: http://www.gigapp.org/publicaciones/index.php/GIGAPP-EWP/article/view/32

In this paper we explore the idea that talented migrants can assist in the development andgrowth of their economies of origin through brain-circulation dynamics, linking the developedworld where they live and developing homelands they (or their ancestors in the case of latergenerationdiasporans) left behind. Depending on the roles these talented people play in theorganizational (and institutional) environment at both ends of the migratory trail, differentalternatives of diaspora-led initiatives are available to them. When these roles are attached tothe private sector, the introduction of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiativespiggybacking preexisting diaspora tools (such as talent networks, open migration chains,diaspora-oriented institutions, etc.) might be the more appropriate and efficient channels.