African brain circulation : beyond the drain-gain debate / edited by Rubin Patterson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patterson, Rubin.

Series:

International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 105.

International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 105

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain drain--Africa.

Brain drain.

Professional employees.

Labor supply--Africa.

Labor supply.

Occupational mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, discussions on African brain circulation and transnational society provide new insights and point to fertile research and policy agendas. Today, a globally important dilemma concerns citizens who either depart from their homeland to enhance their life chances in a rich society - but possibly contribute to a brain drain for their homeland - or stay home and work - but possibly contribute to a brain waste since conditions at home will not allow them to contribute commensurately with their capability. Increasingly, scholars on the subject of global South-to-West emigrants argue that it is not just a possibility of a brain drain occurring when citizens emigrate or brain waste occurring when they stay home, but rather a brain gain when they emigrate strategically and contribute to development in the homeland.

Contents:

Pan-African brain circulation / Cynthia Lucas Hewitt

Diaspora remittances and the financing of basic social services and infrastructure in francophone Africa south of the Sahara / Fondo Sikod and Gerard Tchouassi

Globalization, migration, and the challenges of development in Africa / John Akokpari

On the brain drain of Africans to America : some methodological observations / F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo, B. K. Takyi and Jesse R. Mann

Cyberorganizing United States constituencies for Africa / Jill M. Humphries

Biodiversity management : a current trace of the African diaspora / Paulo Moreno-Zapata

Building the new African eco-industrial economy : circulating brains and recycling materials / Rubin Patterson

Brain drain and its impact on Ethiopia's higher learning institutions : medical establishments and the military / Solomon A. Getahun.

Notes:

"Originally published as Volume 5 no. 3 (2006) of Brill's journal 'Perspectives on global development and technology.'"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92154-8

9786611921545

90-474-2091-8

OCLC:

652287815