Scientific diasporas as an option for brain drain: Re-circulating knowledge for development

International Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 78-90

  Séguin, Béatrice ^a,b   State, Leah ^a,c   Singer, Peter A ^a,b,d,e,f   Daar, Abdallah S ^a,d,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^g McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine   (Canada)

^h High Level Africa Biotechnology Panel   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain circulation; Brain drain; Brain strain; Developing countries; Diaspora Knowledge Networks (DKNs); Knowledge transfer; Science and Technology (S T) for development; Scientific diasporas

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DRAIN; BRAIN STRAIN; DIASPORA KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS (DKNS); KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) FOR DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC DIASPORAS;

BRAIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BRAIN CIRCULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MIGRATION; POLICY; REVIEW;

HARNESS;

EID: 33644968722     PISSN: 09636048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbt.2006.008965     Document Type: Review

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