Many developing countries are alarmed at the 'brain drain' linked to migration and the loss of skilled personnel. Several receiving countries are re-thinking the recruitment of skilled personnel that lack such human resources. But is restricting migratino an effective response to personnel shortages in the developing world? And is the fear of a 'brain drain' really justified?
Case study examining Mexico's Programa 3X1 para Migrantes as an example of a social policy intended to promote social cohesion.
Case study examining Mexico's Oportunidades programme as an example of a social policy intended to promote social cohesion.
This paper looks at competition for land and natural resources in Sudan.
This brief explores the education dimensions of spatial inequality in Ghana and examines the model secondary schools policy, which was recently adopted by the Government of Ghana (GoG) in an attempt to address this disparity.
This brief examines Universal Primary Education in Uganda and its impact on reducing regional inequality in education access, quality and performance.
Through relocation policies, the Government of Lao PDR seeks to transform what it considers to be a traditional, rural economy into a modernised market-oriented system by eradicating shifting cultivation, changing the way that land is allocated and by reaching communities. This policy brief focuses on these relocation policies and their apparent results.
This brief explores circular migration in India and the policy response, and impact of this policy response, on the welfare of migrants and more broadly, on regional inequality.