Brain drain and its impact on Ethiopia's higher learning institutions: Medical establishments and the military academies between 1970s and 2000

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-275

  Getahun, Solomon A ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR MIGRATION; REFUGEE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750349145     PISSN: 15691497     EISSN: 15691497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915006778620052     Document Type: Article

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