Brain drain
- From: noiy01@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 30 Oct 2005 06:51:08 -0800
37% of college-educated Lao citizens work abroad. Sign of freedom? or
sign of economic, social and political problems at home? Apparently,
the countries with the biggest brain drain are among the poorest.
36 percent of Uganda's college-educated citizens live abroad
Uganda has been ranked sixth among the countries most hit by brain
drain with 36 percent of college- educated citizens were living abroad,
a World Bank study has said.
"For a country with a third of its graduates missing, one has to
worry," Alan Winters, director of World Bank's development research
group, was quoted by local press as saying on Saturday.
The study said although remittances and investments back home reduced
poverty and were a major source of foreign exchange, the broader
implications were "complex".
"The exodus of skilled workers is a symptom of deep economic, social
and political problems in their homelands and can prove particularly
crippling in much needed professions in health care and education," it
pointed.
The study said immigrants were an indication that their countries were
badly run economically, adding that some scholars believe that brain
drain may also fuel the vicious cycle of underdevelopment and cost poor
countries the people with the ability to resist corruption and bad
governance.
According to the study, ten most countries losing talent are Haiti 84
percent, Ghana 47 percent, Mozambique 45 percent, Kenya 38 percent,
Laos 37 percent, Uganda 36 percent, Angola 33 percent, Somalia 33
percent, El Salvador 31 percent and Sri Lanka 30 percent.
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