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Brain Drain

In a short “Editorial Notebook” piece in The Boston Globe Donald MacGillis explores the problem of brain drain in Uganda, which is a nearly universal problem across the continent, and what the west might be able yo do to stanch the flow of talented doctors (and others) without limiting personal freedoms of those who so often choose to leave their native lands for the lures of the West.

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2 Responses to “Brain Drain”

  1. Is change in Africa irreversible? at blogs@spacelinx.com Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 10:55 am

    […] One of the things that will make the process of building and developing Africa more difficult is the constant brain drain of her strongest and most talented people. […]

  2. Derek Catsam Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    Thanks for the link!
    dc

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