dc.contributor.author | NYARKO, Yaw | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-05-05T09:07:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-05-05T09:07:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1028-3625 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/13856 | |
dc.description | European Report on Development | en |
dc.description.abstract | Brain Circulation between the European Union (EU) and Sub-Saharan Africa is a crucial ingredient in
Human Capital formation in the latter. A major constraint to African development is the very low base
of skilled and highly educated workers and professionals. The production of skilled workers has been
low, and only recently has seen a dramatic increase. Recent papers by many authors have indicated
that a channel for human capital growth has been, paradoxically, the possibility of the brain drain
which serves as both an incentive mechanism and which results in higher human capital when the
drainers return. After a review of some of the literature, these insights are applied to the debates raging
today on European Union migration policy: the Blue Card, Migration Con-tracts, anti-Brain Drain
legislation, etc. This paper argues that a careful calibration of the EU policies may enable faster
Human Capital growth in Africa, while, at the same time, being beneficial to the EU by supplying
critically needed skills into the EU economy. By carefully planning the production of human capital
and the consequent flow of skilled migrants into Europe, the EU can assist in the development of
vitally needed numbers of trained or skilled workers in Africa. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI RSCAS | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2010/30 | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | European Report on Development | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Brain drain | en |
dc.subject | Immigration | en |
dc.subject | Migration | en |
dc.subject | Human capital | en |
dc.subject | Economic development | en |
dc.title | EU Policies and African Human Capital Development | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
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