http://www.dk-network.org/ Diaspora Knowledge Network fr http://www.dk-network.org/logo_site.png http://www.dk-network.org/ DKN http://www.dk-network.org/The-Brain-Drain-is-Dead-Long-Live.html 2006-09-24T02:40:21Z William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/Immigrant-Knowledge-Networks.html 2006-09-24T02:39:30Z Rudi Robinson of the Canadian North-South Institute at Ottawa studies immigrant knowledge networks as potentially non-market vehicles for technology transfer, innovation and capability building in developing countries <br />Most models of technology transfer emphasize market transactions in FDI, trade, joint venture, and technology licensing as the vehicles for effective transfer of technology from developed to developing countries. Given that technology producers and suppliers make technology (...) William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/Meeting-on-Computer-Supporting.html 2006-09-19T11:09:53Z William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/Agenda-for-the-DKN-Meeting-October.html 2006-09-19T11:08:45Z The Agenda includes references to background reading for the meeting. <br />The meeting is planned as an invitation only workshop which will bring together social and computer scientists, members of international organizations and government officials interested in using the diaspora knowledge network concept as a means of shedding new light on the migration and development issue. (See issues) which will be discussed at the meeting. <br />Each of the six sessions planned over the 3 day period will be (...) William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/From-a-human-capital-to-a-social.html 2006-09-11T12:18:40Z The "brain-drain/brain gain" situation in Colombia suggests the need to give more thought to building a "social capital approach to brain gain". <br /> Ximena Castro Sardi, Colombian member of the DKN project <br />X. Castro Sardi has identified different types of incentives aimed at encouraging members of Colombia's diaspora to actively engage in "brain gain" activities. She has classed these incentives in two groups : those that favour a social capital approach to brain gain and those that favour a (...) William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/July-Overview-of-Research-in.html 2006-08-25T16:03:36Z This is the last progress report before the final report which is expected in October 2006. It proposes the design of the DKN interaction space William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/January-Overview-of-Research-in.html 2006-08-25T16:01:44Z This midterm report focuses mostly on the technical questions of tool development and use in the DKN interaction space. William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/September-Overview-of-Research-in.html 2006-08-25T15:59:40Z This document provides an initial specification of the research questions we are interested in and the types of tools we want to implement. William Turner http://www.dk-network.org/Etude-diagnostique-sur-la.html 2006-02-15T23:38:15Z