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Institutional Development: Skill Transference Through A Reversal Of ‘Human Capital Flight’ Or Technical Assistance

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  • Nadeem Ul Haque
  • M. Ali Khan

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. We examine the issue of technical assistance versus brain drain repatriation as alternative strategies for transferring scarce skills to a skill‐poor economy. Technical assistance relies mainly on expatriate skills and labour from the host country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a return of skills that might have been lost in migration. We show that, even in the simplest setting with imperfect information, a surprisingly rich menu of responses is obtained.

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  • Nadeem Ul Haque & M. Ali Khan, 2007. "Institutional Development: Skill Transference Through A Reversal Of ‘Human Capital Flight’ Or Technical Assistance," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pacecr:v:12:y:2007:i:1:p:1-13
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2007.00336.x
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