Diaspora Expertise, Practical Lessons for Building Local Capability
How do countries prepare to turn diaspora knowledge, technical expertise, and professional networks into sustained domestic capability?
This DCI infographic highlights how diaspora professionals can support technology transfer through technical expertise, skills development, research collaboration, industry partnerships, entrepreneurship, and commercialization. The visual connects these opportunities with six priorities for improving diaspora technology transfer readiness.
Six Priorities for Readiness
National ownership, diaspora technology talent, domestic absorptive capacity, collaboration pathways, finance and commercialization, and verified delivery and retention.
These priorities are DCI recommendations informed by the Diaspora Technology Transfer Readiness Index. They provide a starting point for governments, universities, firms, diaspora organizations, development institutions, and other partners assessing the conditions needed for sustained technology transfer.
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Explore the Evidence
Read the Diaspora Technology Transfer Readiness Index for country-level data, indicator definitions, methodology, and evidence on the institutional conditions supporting diaspora technology transfer.
From Evidence to Practical Resources
Visit DCI’s Toolkits & Frameworks page to learn about our planned resources for assessing readiness gaps and organizing action.