THE BRAIN DRAIN TOWARDS THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Sáncuez‐Arnau ◽  
Elba Hermida Calvo
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
The Brain

Brain Drain within the ECOWAS Region

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 37-38
Author(s):  
Akin Adebayo
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Specialized Human Capital ◽  
The World ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
The Brain

The “Brain Drain” phenomenon has been characterized as the dramatic migration often permanently, of specialized human capital from developing to the technologically advanced countries of the world, particularly to the United States of America and Canada where there are better work facilities, and attractive remunerations for professionals such as physicians, surgeons, engineers, lawyers and others. Apart from these relative economic opportunities, the prevalence of political stability and freedom in the developed countries serves as an attractive force for the lamentable loss of intellectuals and professionals from the developing to the developed nations.

RETAINING THE BRAINS, POLICIES ADOPTED BY P.R.CHINA TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN RESEARCH TALENT

2011 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Samina Nawab ◽  
Khuram Shafi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
High Level ◽  
Developed World ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Competency Level

The major dilemma of developing countries is that they are continuously facing the Brain Drain. “Brain drain” is defined as situation where people with high skills, qualification, and competency, level quite their native countries and emigrate. The foundation of the interest for skilled migrants is economic. The resultant factor is that the economically countries with developed economies routinely exchange high level skills, while less developed world is being brought into skill shortage and talent from these regions shift to developed regions often on permanent bases. Due to this phenomenon the number of researchers is much higher in the developed countries as compare to developing countries. This paper is an effort to give overview of brain drain of researchers from developing countries mainly focusing on China, mention the factors for which people leave their countries and go abroad, policies adopted by China to address the issue and some suggestions regarding policies that can be adopted to retain the talent that is being continuously drained from the developing countries in form of migration of researchers from the developing to developed countries.

On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo ◽  
Baffour Takyi ◽  
Jesse Mann
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Relative Comparisons ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Brain

AbstractRecurring debates about the impact of the brain drain— the developing world's loss of human capital to more developed countries—has motivated estimation of the magnitude of the phenomenon, most recently by the World Bank. Although frequently cited as a key contributor to Africa's wanting development record, what constitutes the "brain-drain" is not always clearly defined. Today, in the absence of an accounting system, resolution of the definitional and measurement question depends on relative comparisons of measurement variants, which will identify definitional shortcomings by clarifying the merits and demerits of these variants, and thereby suggest corrective imputations. This paper compares the World Bank's approach to a chronological precedent (Dodoo 1997) to clarify the value of variant comparisons. The resultant implications for corrections are also discussed.

Modernization for Emigration

1976 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Portes ◽  
Adreain A. Ross
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Significant Cost ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Skilled Personnel ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
The Brain

The problem of the brain drain—movement of highly skilled personnel across national borders—has been an object of increasing concern during the last two decades. International agencies, especially those linked with the United Nations, have seized the subject as one of the clearest manifestations of international imbalances in favor of the developed’ countries (United Nations, 1971; Kidd, 1967).It is clear, despite variations across countries, that loss of professionals represents a significant cost for many nations, especially less developed ones. Recent data from three widely different countries may be used to illustrate such costs: from 1955 to 1968 Colombia lost 20,506 professionals to the United States; at an estimated cost of U.S. $8,000 for the training of each individual, Colombia made a contribution to the “development” of the United States of $164,048,000 during the period.

scholarly journals The Role of TASK, A Bridge between Higher Education Institutes and Industries, in Enhancing the Employment Opportunities of Students in the State of Telangana, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
M. Pratibha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Developed Countries

<p>The present study is an endeavour to have some insights into TASK’s activities and to provide possible suggestions to reduce the present gap between HEIs and industry. TASK has been introduced in the four-year-old state of Telangana to find the need to promote academic freedom in producing skilled professionals. In the process of developing innovative schemes to fill the gap between HEIs (Higher Education Institutes) and industries, the state of Telangana, India, has started TASK (Telangana Association for Skill and Knowledge) in the year 2015. TASK is a non-profit organization with an objective of offering quality human resources and services to the industry at subsidized rates. Courses are created by experts according to the requirements of the industry. These courses are focused to create skilled professionals who can contribute to the industry. For example, when Samsung needed employees trained in Tizen programming, TASK could train and supply the required immediately. TASK enables graduate retention (by avoiding brain drain particularly to the developed countries) and quality attractiveness of local employment. </p>

scholarly journals Analyzing the Brain Drain Effect in Developing Countries: A Higher Education Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghav Sriram
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Skilled Immigrants ◽  
The Brain

Frédéric Docquier, professor of Economics at Université Catholique de Louvain and researcher in migration and its economic effects, defines the “brain drain effect” as the transfer and migration of highly educated individuals from developing to developed countries. While the brain drain effect does present concern for richer more developed countries in terms of the native population’s job security and employment, it has a much more detrimental effect on poorer developing countries1 Once a high-skilled professional migrates out of their developing country after the time and money put in their training, they pay no taxes back to their home country and overall contribute no economic benefit.1 Furthermore, this can lead to shortages of manpower in certain professions due to the disproportionally large population of health professionals and engineers who emigrate, undermining a country’s ability to adopt new technologies and limits a developing nation’s growth potential. In 2010 there were 27.3 million foreign-born workers with higher education living in countries part of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) with two-thirds of these high-skilled immigrants coming from developing countries, a 70% increase in ten years. This increase comes despite developing countries efforts in establishing and investing in infrastructure and education and the promotion of incentives to attract back high-skilled immigrants to their home countries.In many Middle Eastern countries, higher education fails to address the domestic issues within its country but rather the problems in other societies leading to an unfit workforce and the migration of thousands. Seeing as the effects of brain drain in developing countries are growing each year, changes must be made within post-secondary education in developing countries in order to retain a higher percentage of high-skilled educated persons.

Canadian Involvement in the Brain Drain from Africa: Opportunities for Action

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Michael Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Third World ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Western Country ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Nation ◽  
The Brain

The phenomenon known as the “brain drain” refers to the permanent or long-term migration of educated or skilled individuals from one country to another, usually from a poor Third World nation to an industrialized Western country. However, it also describes the migration of such persons between developed countries, such as from Canada to the United States and within countries, notably from impoverished rural areas to urban areas.

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