On the brain drain of Africans to America: Some methodological observations

dc.contributor.author	Dodoo, F.N.A.
dc.contributor.author	Takyi, B.K.
dc.contributor.author	Mann, J.R.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-26T11:43:14Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-26T11:43:14Z
dc.date.issued	2006-09
dc.description.abstract	Recurring debates about the impact of the brain drain - The developing world's loss of human capital to more developed countries - Has motivated estimation of the magnitude of the phenomenon, most recently by the World Bank. Although frequently cited as a key contributor to Africa's wanting development record, what constitutes the "brain-drain" is not always clearly defined. Today, in the absence of an accounting system, resolution of the definitional and measurement question depends on relative comparisons of measurement variants, which will identify definitional shortcomings by clarifying the merits and demerits of these variants, and thereby suggest corrective imputations. This paper compares the World Bank's approach to a chronological precedent (Dodoo 1997) to clarify the value of variant comparisons. The resultant implications for corrections are also discussed. © Koninklijke Brill NV 2006.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1163/156915006778620124
dc.identifier.other	Vol. 5(3): pp 155-162
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/28882
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Perspectives on Global Development and Technology	en_US
dc.title	On the brain drain of Africans to America: Some methodological observations	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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