Brain Drain
A recent press release issued by the Committee on Science
and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED),
based in Chennai, carries the formidable (and somewhat
forbidding) title Redirecting Migrations. The release
accompanied a questionnaire that arrived on my desk; a
quick glance reas....
brain drain
brain drain or human capital flight is an emigration of trained and talented individuals ("human capital") to other nations or jurisdictions, due to conflicts, lack of opportunity, or health hazards where they are living. It parallels the term "capital flight" which refers to financial capital that ....
Brain Drain in sub-Saharan Africa
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The effects of migration of health professionals is bitterly felt in sub-Saharan Africa. Large parts of the continent have effectively no health care at all, with only 600,000 health care workers for a population of 682 million. In Uganda,....