As you may know, the world of work is affected by an unequal distribution of wealth: the most powerful countries usually have the best work conditions while the poorest nations can’t guarantee work opportunities to their citizens. Still, that doesn’t mean the poor nations can’t train high qualified professionals.
What high qualified people do when they can’t find a good job in their countries? Well, a great number of individuals move abroad, in a process called brain drain.
But lack of opportunity isn’t the only cause of this human capital emigration. Low salaries, conflict and political instability also may contribute to this process, especially if people are from developing countries.
Leaving a country is completely justified if qualified people can’t find a good job in their own countries. However, brain drain may lead to unpleasant consequences.
First of all, developing countries which are affected by this process lose work force. For example, a huge amount of health care workers leave African nations to work in Europe, meaning that these countries’ health care systems became even poorer.
On the other hand, the situation in which nations receive high qualified workers is called brain gain. At first sight, this process seams great to these countries because they receive an extra human capital. But, if there is not a lack of workers in the ’receiving country’, some people will be unemployed.
Take Portugal as an example. A lot of highly skilled African and Brazilian professionals are coming to our country, which means that some Portuguese will need to emigrate because they have their places taken by foreigners.
International Organizations are trying to minimize brain drain by creating better work opportunities in developing countries. However, every worker has the right of emigration and that is something we shouldn’t try to fight.
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A very sad topic indeed. Portugal have some great brains, but it is sad when they are working outside! António Damásio for example. One of the leaders in Neuroscience, but working in the US. One of the big motivators for this kind of migration? Absence of means! We cant do research without the necessary funds,and equipments!
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