African Brain Circulation Beyond the Drain-Gain Debate

• Main Author: Patterson, Rubin
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden Brill 2007; BRILL
• Edition: 1
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology
• Subjects: Africa; Afrika; Brain Drain; Brain drain > Africa; Entwicklung; Globalisierung; International; Labor supply; Labor supply > Africa; Labour supply; Occupational mobility; Professional employees; Professional workers; Wirkungsanalyse
• ISBN: 9004158855; 9789004158856
• ISSN: 0074-8684
• DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004158856.i-189

Transnational society is a new field of study, just as brain circulation is a new development strategy for the global South. This book contributes to the growing scholarship on transnational society and brain circulation, thus highlighting the dynamic social practices already underway.

Table of Contents:

• Biodiversity: The Case of African Colombians in the Pacific Coast -- The African Colombian Institutional Strengthening and the Biodiversity Network -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 7. Building the New African Eco-Industrial Economy: Circulating Brains and Recycling Materials (Rubin Patterson) -- Introduction -- A New Production Genus: From Destructo-Industrial to Eco-Industrial -- Pioneering an Ecological Economy -- Brain Circulation: Digital Asia and Eco-Industrial Africa -- Building an Ecological Economy: The Potential Case of Liberia -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 8. Brain Drain and Its Impact on Ethiopia's Higher Learning Institutions: Medical Establishments and the Military Academies Between 1970s and 2000 (Solomon A. Getahun) -- Introduction -- Context of Migration: The Development of Higher Education in Ethiopia -- Context of Migration: Political Repression -- Another "Push" Factor: Lack of Infrastructural Development and Absence of Government Incentive for the Educated -- The Possibility of Brain Gain -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
• Intro -- Introduction (Rubin Patterson) -- Going Around the Drain-Gain Debate with Brain Circulation -- References -- 1. Pan-African Brain Circulation (Cynthia Lucas Hewitt) -- Introduction -- Pan-Africanism and World-Systems Theory -- Pan-Africanism and Transnationalism -- Brain Circulation -- Testing Brain Circulation -- African Diaspora Immigration and Brain Circulation -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Diaspora Remittances and the Financing of Basic Social Services and Infrastructure in Francophone Africa South of the Sahara (Fondo Sikod and Gérard Tchouassi) -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Discussions -- Conclusion, Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- References -- 3. Globalization, Migration, and the Challenges of Development in Africa (John Akokpari) -- Introduction -- Development -- The Reality of Africa's Developmental Crisis -- Globalization and Migration -- Migration and Africa's Development -- The Effects of Migration on Africa's Development- The Unending Debate -- Managing Africa's Skill Emigration-Prospects and Problems -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations (F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Baffour K. Takyi and Jesse R. Mann) -- Background and Problem Statement -- Measurement Issues and Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Cyberorganizing United States Constituencies for Africa (Jill M. Humphries) -- Introduction -- The "Non-Democratic" Nature of U.S. Foreign Policy -- Resources and Communication Networks -- Methodology -- The National Summit in Historical Context -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- 6. Biodiversity Management: A Current Trace of the African Diaspora (Paulo Moreno-Zapata) -- Introduction -- Globalization, Ethnicity, and the Environment: Finding Similarities, Building Global Communities -- Ethno-Development and Territory