Introduction Statistics on the brain drain from Africa are scarce but troubling. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)‚ Africa has already lost one third of its human capital and is continuing to lose its skilled personnel at an increasing rate‚ with an estimated 20‚000 doctors‚ university lecturers‚ engineers and other professionals leaving the continent annually................. Causes Of Brain Drain Push Factors Pull Factors • Lack of research and other facilities‚including
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What Is Brain Drain? Brain drain is also known as “The human capital flight”. It can be simply defined as the mass emigration of technically skilled people from one country to another country. Brain-drain can have many reasons‚ for example-political instability of a nation‚ lack of opportunities‚ health risks‚ personal conflicts etc. Brain-drain can also be named as “human capital flight” because it resembles the case of capital flight‚ in which mass migration of financial capital is involved.The
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inThe so-called ‘brain drain’ from poor to rich countries is now robbing poorer countries of essential personnel like doctors‚ nurses‚ engineers‚ and the trend is set to continue‚ if not to get worse. Some people say this movement of people around the world is not a new phenomenon. Migrant workers have always been attracted by the wider choice of employment and greater opportunity in major cities in their own countries and abroad. Recently‚ as the technological age has advanced and as richer countries
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Human capital flight‚ more commonly referred to as "brain drain"‚ is the large-scale emigration of a large group of individuals with technical skills or knowledge. The reasons usually include two aspects which respectively come from countries and individuals. In terms of countries‚ the reasons may be social environment such as in source countries: lack of opportunities‚ political instability‚ economic depression‚ health risks. In host countries: rich opportunities‚ political stability and freedom
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Brain Drain Brain drain is the emigration of the skilled‚ educated and professional people to countries where they can be productive and fulfill their potential. Lebanon‚ a victim of massive brain drain‚ was colonized by diverse nations and cultures throughout history leaving behind a rich cultural background. Until recently people cherished this background‚ yet nowadays it is endangered by the sporadic brain drain that is taking place among the adult generation of the country. Adult generations
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The term “brain drain” has been applied to the Philippines since the 1960s and continues to be relevant to their economic situation today. In particular‚ the term has been used to describe the Filipino nursing sector. Although the economic situation has changed in the last several decades‚ academics have tended to discuss the brain drain phenomenon in the Philippines as a historical progression from colonial and international ties. Post-Colonial Philippines In 1946‚ colonialism in the Philippines
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The Brain Drain Effect Brain Drain is a controversial topic whether in developing or already developed countries. Leaving one’s country for better opportunities‚ education‚ or even lifestyle is not always bad. Wanting to change and evolve to the better is not either. Contrary to the popular belief that brain drain is bad‚ there are some hidden benefits to what people call brain drain. Brain drain helps some immigrants to learn and explore new inventions and innovations abroad so that when‚ at least
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Reverse brain drain ‚ which refers to the migration issue‚ whereby human capital moves in reverse from a more developed country to a less developed country that is developing rapidly‚ which is commonly defined as ‘brain drain’. It is also termed as a logical outcome of a calculated strategy‚ where migrants accumulate savings‚ also known as remittances‚ and develop skills overseas that can be used in their home country.[1] Reverse brain drain can occur when scientists‚ engineers‚ or other intellectual
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The concept of brain drain is of a recent one that has ever strongly emerged since the last few decades. The phrase brain drain refers to the increasing tendency of the young‚ energetic‚ capable and talented youth of a country to migrate to another country in search of their fortune — rather better fortune. They forsake their motherland for they seek better opportunities in other countries. This has become a characteristic more of the intelligentsia of the nation—the doctors‚ engineers‚ scientists
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“BUSINESS COMMUNICATION” TOPIC: Is Brain Drain: a Curse or a Benefit. By Amina Sheikh – 16745 Raza Abbas Khan – 17163 Salima Ghabrani – 16630 Syed Qutaiba Tariq – 17693 A formal report Submitted To: Mr. Irfan Sheikh Institute of Business Management (IoBM) Dated: 2nd December 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank The Almighty Allah for giving us the ability to complete this report. We would also like to acknowledge the support and cooperation of our supervisor‚ Mr. Irfan Sheikh. We would
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