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Employing Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies

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atmire.cua.enabledINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.contributor.authorDe Smet, Dieter
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-05T12:48:39Z
dc.date.available2014-02-05T12:48:39Z
dc.date.issued2013-11
dc.description.abstractThe Employing Skilled Expatriates indicators analyze the skilled immigration regime relevant for foreign direct investment across 93 economies to provide comparable information about this regulatory space. The indicators focus on restrictions that control the inflow of skilled immigrants (quotas); the ease of hiring skilled expatriates (time and procedural steps to obtain a temporary work permit, existence of online application systems, availability of a one-stop shop and fast-tracking option); and the existence of a path to permanent residency and citizenship as well as the existence of spousal work permits. As governments increasingly seek to attract foreign direct investment as a driver of long-term development, reforming the investment climate -- including the skilled immigration regime -- is one policy option to consider. This analysis shows a positive correlation between the Employing Skilled Expatriates index and foreign direct investment inflows. As measured by the Employing Skilled Expatriates index, there is room for economies with a need for skilled workers to improve their immigration regimes as one means of attracting more foreign direct investment. In Singapore and the Republic of Korea, it only takes ten days on average to obtain a temporary work permit. In Honduras, the same process can take up to 22 weeks. The global average to obtain a temporary work permit is eight weeks. The process is the fastest in the East Asia and the Pacific region where it takes five weeks. With 11 weeks, the processing time in the Middle East and North Africa region is the slowest.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18524119/employing-skilled-expatriates-benchmarking-skilled-immigration-regimes-across-economies
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6708
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16905
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6708
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectALIENS
dc.subjectASSISTANT PROFESSOR
dc.subjectBOARD OF DIRECTORS
dc.subjectBRAIN DRAIN
dc.subjectBRAIN GAIN
dc.subjectBUSINESS SCHOOL
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCAREER
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCO
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectDEGREES
dc.subjectDIASPORA
dc.subjectEFFECT OF IMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEXPATRIATE WORKERS
dc.subjectEXPATRIATES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFACULTY OF LAW
dc.subjectFLOW OF KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectFOREIGN WORKERS
dc.subjectFOREIGNERS
dc.subjectGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL FLIGHT
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION LAW
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION QUOTAS
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION RULES
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR EXPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLITERATURE
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subjectMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectMULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS
dc.subjectPAPERS
dc.subjectPEER REVIEW
dc.subjectPOPULATION INCREASE
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subjectRESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectRETURN MIGRATION
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSILICON
dc.subjectSKILLED EXPATRIATES
dc.subjectSKILLED INDIVIDUALS
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSKILLED MIGRANTS
dc.subjectSKILLED MIGRATION
dc.subjectSKILLED PERSONNEL
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectVISAS
dc.subjectWORK PERMIT
dc.subjectWORK PERMITS
dc.subjectbenchmarking
dc.subjectregulatory reform
dc.subjectinvestment climate
dc.subjectFDI
dc.titleEmploying Skilled Expatriates : Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economiesen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.crossref.titleEmploying Skilled Expatriates: Benchmarking Skilled Immigration Regimes across Economies
okr.date.disclosure2013-11-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:42:37.794713Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18524119/employing-skilled-expatriates-benchmarking-skilled-immigration-regimes-across-economies
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid416231468337869895
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6708
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20131118134143
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum18524119
okr.identifier.reportWPS6708
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topicHuman Migrations and Resettlements
okr.topicTertiary Education
okr.topicSocial Development::Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement
okr.topicEducation
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.unitGlobal Indicators and Analysis Department, Development Economics Vice Presidency
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