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Does development reduce migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - 2014
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
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Emigration, brain drain and development : the case of Sub-Saharan Africa
Tanner, Arno - 2005
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Europe must work together to alleviate migatory pressure from Africa
Menkhoff, Lukas; Heidland, Tobias - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 164-166
Improved living conditions in Africa would lessen migratory pressure on Europe. The scope of Germany‘s "Marshall Plan with Africa" is too narrow; progress can only be made if Europe works together. A financial system that reaches as many people as possible could be one key to future...
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Does aid induce brain drain? : a panel data analysis
Ontiveros, Darwin Ugarte; Veradi, Vincenzo - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-19
Recent evidence suggests that aid induces migration. This result is nevertheless not very informative from a policy … perspective since what counts in terms of welfare consequences is the composition of migration. In this paper we focus on … education and study which of skilled or unskilled migration is more sensitive to aid. More specifically we investigate the …
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Institutional Development : Skill Transference Through a Reversal of "Human Capital Flight" or Technical Assistance
Ul Haque, Nadeem - 2006
country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a return of skills that might have been lost in migration. We show …
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Institutional Development : Skill Transference Through a Reversal of "Human Capital Flight" or Technical Assistance
Ul Haque, Nadeem; Khan, M. A. - 1998
country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a return of skills that might have been lost in migration. We show …
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Return on Returns : Building Scientific Capacity in AIDS Endemic Countries
Fry, Caroline; Ganguli, Ina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We estimate spillovers from public funding for health research in the context of the NIH's Fogarty International Center's AIDS International Training and Research Program, which aims to strengthen scientific capacity in AIDS endemic countries by providing African researchers with training...
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Merit aid and post-college retention in the state
Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V. - In: Journal of urban economics 80 (2014), pp. 39-50
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Are remittances more effective than aid for improving child health? : an empirical assessment using inter- and intracountry data
Chauvet, Lisa; Gubert, Flore; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - In: People, politics, and globalization : Annual World Bank …, (pp. 173-204). 2010
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Comment on "Are remittances more effective than aid for improving child health? An empirical assessment using inter- and intracountry data", by Lisa Chauvet, Flore Gubert, and Sand...
Ayogu, Melvin D. - In: People, politics, and globalization : Annual World Bank …, (pp. 205-208). 2010
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