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blackprogress.net - The Black Progress Network


"Making Leaders". The Economist. 24 July 2003. ALPN director, Dr. Michael Isimbabi's letter in response to The Economist's cover story, "Now for Africa" (03 July 2003).


 

Brain Drain, Brain Gain, Brain Circulation, Diaspora Africans, and Capacity Building in Africa

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  • Diaspora Africans' initiatives and networks


See also: ALPN's African Professionals / Experts / Intellectuals / Scholars Network


African Leadership & Progress Briefs

 

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Addressing Africa’s Humiliation: 'Brain Gain'/'Brain Circulation' Diaspora Networks for African Progress

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After the 2005 G8 and UN Summits: Independent, High-Impact Information Infrastructures and Networks for Transparency and Accountability in African Countries

 

Leadership & Governance Capacity Building in African Countries: Why and How Well-Off and Accomplished Africans, Especially "Brain Drain" Africans, Should Proactively Take Charge of Fostering African Progress


 

Brain Drain and Capacity Building in Africa. Ainalem Tebeje. Feb 2005.  Association for Higher Education and Development (AHEAD)

 

A diaspora and its good deeds. Clyde Sanger. February 2005


Semantics Aside: the Role of the African Diaspora in Africa’s Capacity Building Efforts
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Association for Higher Education and Development (AHEAD) & International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

"Semantics Aside" Power Point Presentation by Ainalem Tebeje

 

Mobilizing Ethiopians Living Abroad for the Development of Ethiopia. Ainalem Tebeje and Clyde Sanger. September 2004.

 

Stopping The Brain Drain From Africa: Their Loss, Our Gain. Ainalem Tebeje and Clyde Sanger. http://www.aheadonline.org/brain.pdf


Reversing the Brain Drain, Harnessing the Diaspora. Special Feature. eAfrica - The Electronic Journal of Governance and Innovation. September 2003. South African Institute of International Affairs


The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and The Foundation for Democracy in Africa (FDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding, to reverse the effect of the “Brain Drain” on African Countries. Press Release, Washington DC – April 04, 2005.


Africa's "Brain Gain": Whose Shibboleth?  Atieno Odhiambo. December 2004

 

Brain Drain in Africa: Facts & Figures

 

How Africa is Courting its Exiles. E. Blunt. BBC News, 17 October 2004.

 

Former UNESCO Boss Cites Reasons for Africa's Brain Drain. Panapress, 9 October 2004.

 

Brain Drain in Africa - African Medical and Research Foundation

 

Africa’s Health-care Brain Drain. New York Times, 13 August 2004


A Foot in Each Country. Adrian Cho. Science Magazine. 28 May 2004. Many foreign-born scientists who succeed in the United States are helping those they left behind--without leaving their new home

 

How networking can help mitigate the brain drain. David Dickson. 24 November 2003. SciDev.Net


Nigerians in Diaspora Critical to FDI. Bright Ewulu. Daily Trust. 11 May 2004

 

Harnessing Remittances for Economic Development: A Case for Remittance Policy in Ghana. Y. Sophism. 12 Sept 2003.

 

From Brain Drain To Brain Circulation: Can Ghana Harness Its Human Capital Abroad For Development? Yaw Sophism. 15 August 2003


Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD) - 7-9 Oct 2004 - Speeches, Reports, Etc.     Final Report

 

International Migration and Development in Africa and Related ECA and Partnership Activities. UN Economic Commission for Africa. 30 September 2004


Mobilizing Africa’s Intellectual Diaspora. Damtew Teferra. International Higher Education, Spring 2004

 

Brain Circulation: Unparalleled Opportunities, Underlying Challenges, and Outmoded Presumptions. Damtew Teferra. October 2004.

 

Brain Drain and Mobility - Bibliography of Recent Publications, International Network for Higher Education in Africa.

 

Revisiting the Doctrine of Human Capital Mobility in the information Age. <