African brain drain and its impact on source countries: What do we know and what do we need to know?

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-314

  Capuano, Stella ^a   Marfouk, Abdeslam ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 84890118727     PISSN: 13876988     EISSN: 15725448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2013.813122     Document Type: Article

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