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Odhiambo, George – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
The flight of human capital is a phenomenon that has been of concern to academics and development practitioners for decades but unfortunately, there is no systematic record of the number of skilled professionals that many African countries have continued to lose to the developed world. Termed the "brain drain", it represents the loss of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain
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Odhiambo, George O. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
The flight of human capital is a phenomenon that has been of concern to academics and development practitioners for decades. Unfortunately, there is no systematic record of the number of skilled professionals that many African countries have continued to lose to the developed world. Termed the "brain drain", it represents the loss of…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Human Capital
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Manik, Sadhana – Perspectives in Education, 2007
Globalisation of the world economy has intensified migration in the twenty-first century. Professionals are vulnerable to transnational migration and the trend is for professionals from developing countries to fill labour gaps in developed countries. South Africa's (SA) inclusion in the world labour market suggests that she is not immune. She is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Teacher Motivation, Faculty Mobility