African brain circulation : : beyond the drain-gain debate / / edited by Rubin Patterson.
In this book, discussions on African brain circulation and transnational society provide new insights and point to fertile research and policy agendas. Today, a globally important dilemma concerns citizens who either depart from their homeland to enhance their life chances in a rich society - but po...
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Superior document: | International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 105 |
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Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | International studies in sociology and social anthropology ;
v. 105. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Notes: | "Originally published as Volume 5 no. 3 (2006) of Brill's journal 'Perspectives on global development and technology.'"--T.p. verso. |
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Table of 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.