We examine the issue of technical assistance versus brain drain repatriation as alternative
strategies for transferring scarce skills to a skill‐poor economy. Technical assistance relies …

We examine the issue of technical assistance versus brain drain repatriation as alternative
strategies for transferring scarce skills to a skill-poor economy. Technical assistance relies …

Enabling educated individuals to work abroad entails a brain drain and results in educated
unemployment at home. Because the prospect of migration raises the expected returns to …

Enabling educated individuals to work abroad entails a brain drain and results in educated
unemployment at home. Because the prospect of migration raises the expected returns to …

With globalisation trends, the emigration of highly skilled persons from developing countries
has significantly increased. The implication of this movement of skilled labour (termed as 'the …

Two narratives drive discussions of the development impact of high-skilled migration. The
first is the idea of a brain drain, whereby the departure of doctors, teachers, engineers …

This paper proposes an alternative way of looking at the issue of brain drain. It tries to bring
into focus the crucial role of repatriated earnings of emigrants that can potentially help …

Over recent decades global labour markets have emerged and skill shortages in particular
sectors have generated an international competition for the best and brightest. The …

As this chapter emphasizes, personal incentives are stacked in favor of emigration in many
of the African countries that have outflows of skilled labor. The discussion provides some …

Extending both the 'harmful brain drain'literature and the 'beneficial brain gain'literature, this
paper analyzes both the negative and the positive impact of migration by skilled individuals …