Publication

Oct 2009

This paper challenges the assumption that 'brain drain' is detrimental for the development of developing countries and insists that skilled migration is a very complex phenomenon. The paper argues that rather than focussing on the consequences of the migration, policy should focus on the causes and particularly on training and education policies.

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Author Ronald Skeldon
Series DIIS Working Papers
Issue 23
Publisher Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Copyright © 2009 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
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