The Brain Drain Lie: Why Africa's Greatest Asset Never Left

CWPS-017

A rigorous reexamination of the 'brain drain' narrative — how skilled emigration actually reshapes origin economies, why the conventional wisdom gets it wrong, and what diaspora policy should look like when built on evidence instead of emotion.

African Development

Abstract

A rigorous reexamination of the 'brain drain' narrative — how skilled emigration actually reshapes origin economies, why the conventional wisdom gets it wrong, and what diaspora policy should look like when built on evidence instead of emotion.

Martin Balome, founder of Caliana Press
Martin Balome Caliana Press

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