Saturday, September 25, 2010
Migration as a Factor in Development and Poverty Reduction
Although this article is from 2003, the information on the economics of migration is still valid. Most can agree that the individual migrant can benefit--sometimes earning in a day what would take a week or month back home. But how does the receiving country benefit? How does the country of origin benefit? Not everyone is picking tomatoes or nailing shingles.
•About 30% of all highly educated Ghanaians and Sierra Leoneans live abroad
•12% of Mexico's population with higher education is in the United States, and 30 percent of its PhDs
•75% of Jamaicans with higher education are in the United States
•Albania lost one-third of its qualified people in the decade after the fall of communism
•Half of all foreign students who get PhDs in the United States are still there five years later
Migration Information Source - Migration as a Factor in Development and Poverty Reduction
•About 30% of all highly educated Ghanaians and Sierra Leoneans live abroad
•12% of Mexico's population with higher education is in the United States, and 30 percent of its PhDs
•75% of Jamaicans with higher education are in the United States
•Albania lost one-third of its qualified people in the decade after the fall of communism
•Half of all foreign students who get PhDs in the United States are still there five years later
Migration Information Source - Migration as a Factor in Development and Poverty Reduction
# posted by Norma : 9/25/2010 09:26:00 AM
