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[quote]Import Workers or Export Jobs?
Share your views for a share of US$65,000
The Economist and Shell have joined forces once again for the fifth international writing competition to encourage future thinking.
This year’s competition poses the question: Import workers or export jobs? Should developing nations be allowed to ‘poach’ skilled professional labour from countries who have helped pay for this expertise? Or is the influx of immigrants, whether skilled or unskilled, a positive force, bringing either expertise or ambition and hard work to the host nation?
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The prize-winning essay will receive US$20,000 and will appear in the prestigious annual publication from The Economist: The World in 2005. Two silver runners up will each receive US$10,000 and five bronze award winners will each get US$5,000. All eight essays will be published on this website.
The submission deadline is midnight (GMT) on Friday 20th August 2004.
Judges will include Bill Emmott, Editor of The Economist and Adrian Loader, Director of Strategic Planning, Sustainable Development and External Affairs, Shell International.
“Following the success of last year’s competition, with nearly 6,000 entrants from around the world, we look forward to receiving some stimulating essays on a very topical and important subject.”
– Bill Emmott, Editor of The Economist.
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