Most of the recent literature on the effects of the brain drain on source countries consists of theoretical papers and cross-country empirical studies. In this paper we complement the literature through three case studies on very different regional and professional contexts: the African medical...

Joseph Chamberlain, constructive imperialism, and colonial development -- Negotiating development: Nigeria's 1945 development plan -- The agrarian bias: Mackiean policy of agricultural development in Nigeria -- Late colonial agricultural development: the Mokwa scheme -- The legacies of British...