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Key Documents archive results 1-13 of 13 in Science & Innovation Policy and Brain drain
What donors should do
This opinion article highlights the need for donors to support higher education in poor countries. The authors, Jos H. C. Walenkamp and Ad Boeren from the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education, discuss how higher education and research can reduce poverty. They...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: September 2007 | EN
Beyond the ABCs: Higher education and developing countries
This paper, written by researchers at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Columbia in the United States, examines various aspects of higher education in developing countries including its impact on economic development. The authors discuss the growing demand for higher education in developing...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: February 2008 | EN
Migration of Highly Skilled Persons from Developing Countries: Impact and Policy Responses
This paper summarises a research project that looked at the impacts of high skilled emigration on developing countries and the policy options of developed countries. The authors say that while there is little doubt that skilled emigration at the levels estimated will create challenges for certain...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 2001 | EN
Research and Policy Issues in High-Skilled International Migration: A Perspective with Data from the United States
This article notes that while highly-skilled migration is eliciting much debate, its effects -- both positive and negative -- have not been well studied or measured (particularly when compared with international migration in general). Simple models of "brain drain" and "brain gain" -- which...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: September 2001 | EN
Human capital flight and growth in developing countries
The author challenges the assumption that the emigration of highly skilled people is detrimental to their country of origin, and suggests that some developing countries -- if not the majority of them -- have in fact benefitted from this brain drain. He explains that the main reason for this is that...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: April 2002 | EN
Higher Education and Developing Countries: Peril and Promise
The Task Force on Higher Education and Society was convened by the World Bank and UNESCO, bringing together experts from 13 countries to explore the future of higher education in the developing world. The Task Force's report concluded that without more and better higher education, developing...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2000 | EN
The Indian Diaspora
The Indian Government appointed a high level committee in September 2000 to make a comprehensive study of the global Indian diaspora, and to recommend measures for a constructive relationship with them. Advances in transport and communications have enabled a closer interaction between overseas...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: January 2002 | EN
How extensive is the brain drain?
This article estimates the extent of migration, by level of education, from developing countries to the United States and other OECD countries. While it is clearly difficult to measure precisely the flow and levels of education of immigrants the authors summarise a study they conducted covering...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: July 1998 | EN
International Mobility of Scientists and Engineers to the United States — Brain Drain or Brain Circulation?
Foreign-born scientists and engineers contribute significantly to the brain power of the United States; in 1998 immigrants accounted for around 30 per cent of those conducting research and development. This article asks whether the concept of 'brain circulation' (as opposed to 'brain drain') is...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 1998 | EN
Scientific diasporas: a new approach to the brain drain
This article, which was prepared for the 1999 World Conference on Science, describes how use of the international diaspora provides a new and promising strategy for dealing with the brain drain issue in the context of a global knowledge society. The authors describe various intellectual diaspora...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 1999 | EN
The brain drain: new aspects of the South/North exodus
In this article, Jean-Baptiste Meyer explains that although the 'brain drain' phenomenon is nothing new, a number of factors have recently contributed to an increasing awareness of the problem as well as attention to possible counter-measures. This is for two principal reasons: the size and nature...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2001 | EN
The brain drain: Africa's Achilles heel
This article is a highly readable account of the current situation regarding the flight of 'human capital' from Africa. It tracks the phenomenon over the past few decades, and outlines the various 'push and pull' factors at play. The author then describes a number of efforts to reverse the trend,...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: January 2002 | EN
Diaspora, brain drain and return
This editorial article gives an overview of current perspectives on the brain drain in sub-Saharan Africa. The author reports on the resurgence of interest in the diaspora at the highest level, with the leaders of Nigeria, South Africa and the Ivory Coast intiating new projects aimed to tap into...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: July 2002 | EN
