Highly Skilled Labour and International Mobility in South America. OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 2004/10.
This paper presents the main trends in respect of the supply of human resources in science and technology (HRST) in Latin America and the international mobility of its highly skilled labour. This will be done through the identification of potential data sources, followed by a presentation of indicators drawn from these sources. In addition, a short section is devoted to the main policy aspects surrounding these issues. The section on policy issues will show that the main South American countries have in common a lack of strong or efficient policies for the migration of highly skilled human resources, although in recent years important changes have occurred in some of the countries of the region. Available information sources on highly skilled labour and international mobility in South American countries are similar to those from OECD countries as far as the main types of collected data is concerned. Potential sources are labour force surveys, population ... Ce document presente les principales tendances de l’offre de ressources humaines en science et technologie (RHST) en Amerique latine ainsi que la mobilite internationale de la main-d’œuvre hautement qualifiee de cette region. Nous commencons par repertorier les sources de donnees possibles, puis nous presentons des indicateurs tires de ces sources. En outre, nous consacrons une courte section aux principales questions de fond qui s’inscrivent dans cette problematique. La section relative aux questions de fond montre que les principaux pays d’Amerique du Sud ont ceci en commun de ne pas avoir instaure de politique vigoureuse ou efficace en matiere de migrations de ressources humaines hautement qualifiees bien que, ces dernieres annees, d’importants changements soient intervenus dans quelques pays de la region. Concernant la main-d’œuvre hautement qualifiee et la mobilite internationale de ces travailleurs, les sources d’information disponibles dans les pays d’Amerique ...