In 25 years, Africa will be empty of brains.” That dire warning, from Dr Lalla Ben Barka of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), reflects the growing alarm over Africa’s increasing exodus of human capital. Data on brain drain in Africa is scarce and inconsistent; however, statistics show a continent losing the very people it needs most for economic, social, scientific, and technological progress.

The ECA estimates that between 1960 and 1989, some 127,000 highly qualified African more...

This is a country case study on the impart of highly skilled labor emigration – comprising both professionals and students – from India, and analysis of polices and policy options aimed at reducing the negative effects and consolidating the positive effects of the brain drain.

The first conference addressing the global shortage of health workers is opening in Kampala.
The World Health Organization says a further four million doctors, nurses, midwives and other health care professionals are needed.

This research report is published as part of the African Migration and Development Series of the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP). Significant numbers of African-trained health workers migrate every year to developed countries developed countries including Canada. They leave severely crippled health systems in a region where life expectancy is only 50 years of age, 16 per cent of children die before their fifth birthday and the HIV/AIDS crisis continues to burgeon. The population of Sub more...

The term "brain drain", which originated in the 1950s, is usually associated with loss. In Southeast Europe, though, it represents a more complex phenomenon. The trend could often better be described as "brain circulation", as many expatriates contribute to the home country's economy by sending money to their families. Meanwhile, many countries in the region have been seeking to turn "drain" into "gain", via a combination of public and private initiatives.

A joint UNESCO/Hewlett Packard project aims to helps taunch brain drain by offering young scientists from Southeast Europe the means to work on joint researchprojects with fellow nationals living abroad. In February and March, the project delivered the latest Grid computing equipment to five universities in the region.

This paper argues that the process of turning Albanian “brain drain” into “brain
circulation” is not only desirable but also entirely possible. The professional integration
of foreign-educated Albanian students in state institutions requires, first and foremost, the
consolidation of a civil service that is insulated from its socio-political environment,
endowed with a clear decision-making and implementation hierarchy, and whose
behavior is governed by universal, transparent and acc more...

The main aim of the conference is to contribute to a better understanding of the interrelation between investments in science and knowledge and socio-economic development in general, as well as specifically with regard to present situation in South-Eastern European countries. The conference shall provide the knowledge base for policy-makers to improve allocation of funds for investments in science and research and to identify accompanying measures which will lead to enhanced socio-economic devel more...

In 2001, UNESCO Office in Venice launched a regional initiative in favor of strengthening scientific cooperation between countries from South Eastern Europe (SEE). Two major events were organized by the UNESCO Office in Venice within this framework: an International Conference of experts from SEE (Venice, March 2001) and a Round Table of Ministers of Science from SEE (Paris, October 2001). UNESCO’s commitments towards the sub-region were further emphasized on the occasion of the high-level Con more...

A study for Oxfam Novib by Hein de Haas. June 2006. This study identifies four broad areas in which development agencies and
governments can support and strengthen the engagement of diasporas and their
members in the development of countries of origin: Facilitating and reducing costs of remittances; Supporting migrants to set up small enterprises in countries of origin and
facilitating ‘brain circulation’; Supporting collective development projects initiated or implemented by
diaspora or more...