The information contained in thissummary report reflects the analysis and assessment thathave been undertaken beginning January 2013 mainly to assessthe effectiveness of TalentCorp’s efforts to attract andretain global talent through its Returning Expert Program(REP) and Residence Pass-Talent (RP-T). The initial researchincluded various activities aimed at improving the client’sability to meet its mandate. The main activities completedwere as follows: (1) creation of a platform to identify andmonitor local labor market conditions and humancapital/talent needs; (2) creation of a profile of theMalaysian diaspora living abroad; (3) creation andimplementation of two surveys, both surveys focused ongauging the attractiveness of working in Malaysia and weretargeted at the Malaysian diaspora and foreign talent livingin Malaysia; (4) an impact evaluation of the REP, which aimsto facilitate highly skilled members of the Malaysianprofessionals abroad back to Malaysia; and (5) an assessmentof the effectiveness of the RP-T Program, which aims toretain foreign talent in Malaysia. In both the impactevaluation and the assessment, the main questionsinvestigated are whether these programs effectivelyattract/retain talent.