Table 1 How a Global Skill Partnership beats the status quo in skilled migration

Destination country

– Workers for shortage occupations

– Lower public training expenses

Destination employer

– Custom-trained workers

– Reduced training expenses

– Recruitment facilitated at origin

Migrants

– Professional employment

– International-quality training

– Access for students from low-income backgrounds

– Large rise in earnings

Origin country

– Subsidized training for ‘home’ track professionals

– Greater supply of professionals at origin

– No fiscal drain from graduates’ migration

– Stronger in-country training institutions

– Technology transfer for customized training

– Remittances from ‘away’ track graduates