Developing Lands Hit Hardest by 'Brain Drain'

According to this article, in many developing countries, a brain drain is occurring. Well-educated citizens from these countries are leaving for wealthier nations, and their departure may be hurting their homelands by depriving these developing countries of a middle class.

In developing countries that are doing better like China and India, the college-educated citizens who leave tend to return home to invest in their countries, bringing their skills and capital with them. The growing economies in those countries undoubtedly have an effect on their desire to return. But in countries where the skilled end up leaving for good, the nations may find themselves caught in a cycle of underdevelopment.

post edited October 26, 2005 at 1:25 pm