The implications of South Africa's skills migration policy for country competitiveness

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-454

  Wöcke, Albert ^a   Klein, Saul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; COMPETITIVENESS; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR SUPPLY; SKILLED LABOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036820747     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835022000019464     Document Type: Article

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