The Brain drain literature has recently been revived. Several new papers have been written while several international organi s ations and univers ities are initiating long term research projects. Developing country economists and activists have long voiced their concerns for the short supply of domestic skills in their countries. 1 Unfortunately, the new literature seems somewhat removed from this ex pression of concern from the affected people. Rather than examine the detail of the skill shortage and what it implies , the new research is trying to reprove for human capital what we already know for both Author’s Note: The author would like to thank Surjit Bhalla, Ahmed Galal, Mohsin Khan, Rodney Ramcharan, Paul Streeten, and participants at seminars at the Pakistan Institute o f Development Economics and the University of Cairo for comments and suggestions ; also Natalie Baumer for editorial assistance. All errors and omission, of course, remain the sole responsibility of the author.
The Brain drain literature has recently been revived. Several new papers have been written while several international organi s ations and univers ities are initiating long term research projects. Developing country economists and activists have long voiced their concerns for the short supply of domestic skills in their countries. 1 Unfortunately, the new literature seems somewhat removed from this ex pression of concern from the affected people. Rather than examine the detail of the skill shortage and what it implies , the new research is trying to reprove for human capital what we already know for both Author’s Note: The author would like to thank Surjit Bhalla, Ahmed Galal, Mohsin Khan, Rodney Ramcharan, Paul Streeten, and participants at seminars at the Pakistan Institute o f Development Economics and the University of Cairo for comments and suggestions ; also Natalie Baumer for editorial assistance. All errors and omission, of course, remain the sole responsibility of the author.
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