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Title African brain circulation [electronic resource] : beyond the drain-gain debate / edited by Rubin Patterson.

Imprint Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description vii, 186 p. : ill.
Series International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 105
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 105.
Note "Originally published as Volume 5 no. 3 (2006) of Brill's journal 'Perspectives on global development and technology.'"--T.p. verso.
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 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Brain drain -- Africa.
Professional employees.
Labor supply -- Africa.
Occupational mobility.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Patterson, Rubin.
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ISBN 9789004158856 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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