| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 186 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
International studies in sociology and social anthropology,
0074-8684 ;
v. 105
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International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 105.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 Gérard 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, Baffour 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 academies between 1970s and 2000 / Solomon A. Getahun. |
| Summary |
States that an 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 - but possibly contribute to a brain waste since conditions at home do not allow to contribute commensurately with their capability. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brain drain -- Africa.
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Brain drain. |
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Africa. |
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Professional employees.
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Professional employees. |
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Labor supply -- Africa.
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Labor supply. |
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Occupational mobility.
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Occupational mobility. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Patterson, Rubin.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: African brain circulation. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007024966 (OCoLC)145396510 |
| ISBN |
9789047420910 (electronic book) |
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9047420918 (electronic book) |
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9789004158856 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004158855 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004158856.i-189 |
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