Nairobi — Brain drain has been a subject of academic, economic and political
discourse for decades. It is one of the factors that contribute to poor
development in the global south, particularly Africa.
Conversely, it partly accounts for the high socio-economic and
technological advancement in the global north, which is the principal
beneficiary of the movement of skilled labour.
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