Increasingly, experts are emigrating to developed nations from poorer ones. This essay will first suggest that the biggest problem caused by this phenomenon is the resulting brain drain for the countries they leave, and then submit increased investments in education as the most adequate solution.
The foremost problem caused by experts' emigration to richer countries is brain drain. This is because experts perform various functions such as teaching and providing medical care, which can contribute to building the economies of their countries of origin. Teachers and lecturers, for instance, carry out the crucial tasks of grooming current and future brain power. Consequently, if the performers of this critical function exit a country in large numbers for greener pastures, that country's economy can become weaker. To illustrate, a report released by the United Nations in 2018 shows that countries with the highest rates of economic migration such as Iran and Nigeria, have also reported a progressive decline in their annual GDP between 2009 and 2017.
A viable solution to this therefore, would be for governments experiencing a significant reduction in their workforce to invest more in education. The reason for this is that schools at all levels are usually the tools for churning out creative minds and the stronger a nation's educational institutions are, the more capacity it has for producing and reproducing a skilled labour force. For example, after the Ghanaian government began to allocate over 20% of its annual budget to education from 2001 in line with the UN's recommendations, its skilled workforce population has grown steadily by at least 9% annually even though the exodus of skilled citizens to the west has generally continued.
In conclusion, a large number of professional workers leave less developed countries for more advanced ones, causing a significant reduction in skilled manpower. This essay has suggested that this can be solved when the governments of these poorer countries increase their funding for education.
Increasingly
, experts are emigrating to developed nations from poorer ones. This essay will
first
suggest that the biggest problem caused by this phenomenon is the resulting brain drain for the
countries
they
leave
, and then submit increased investments in
education
as the most adequate solution.
The foremost problem caused by experts' emigration to richer
countries
is brain drain. This is
because
experts perform various functions such as teaching and providing medical care, which can contribute to building the economies of their
countries
of origin. Teachers and lecturers,
for instance
, carry out the crucial tasks of grooming
current
and future brain power.
Consequently
, if the performers of this critical function exit a
country
in large numbers for greener pastures, that country's economy can become weaker. To illustrate, a report released by the United Nations in 2018
shows
that
countries
with the highest rates of economic migration such as Iran and Nigeria, have
also
reported a progressive decline in their annual GDP between 2009 and 2017.
A viable solution to this
therefore
, would be for
governments
experiencing a significant reduction in their workforce to invest more in
education
.
The reason for this is
that schools at all levels are
usually
the tools for churning out creative minds and the stronger a nation's educational institutions are, the more capacity it has for producing and reproducing a
skilled
labour
force.
For example
, after the Ghanaian
government
began to allocate over 20% of its annual budget to
education
from 2001 in line with the UN's recommendations, its
skilled
workforce population has grown
steadily
by at least 9%
annually
even though
the exodus of
skilled
citizens to the west has
generally
continued.
In conclusion
,
a large number of
professional workers
leave
less developed
countries
for more advanced ones, causing a significant reduction in
skilled
manpower. This essay has suggested that this can
be solved
when the
governments
of these poorer
countries
increase their funding for
education
.