University of Engineering & Technology Lahore

Usman Ghani(2014-EE-91)

Brain Drain

Defining Brain Drain:

The immigration of highly skilled workers, educated students and professionals from developing countries to developed countries in search of better future and higher standard of life is called brain drain.

It is a global phenomenon.

www’s of Brain Drain

When??

Where??

Who??

When?

Unemployment of skilled professionals

Non-merit selections

Projection of Pakistan as a terrorist state

Departure of investors

Where?

43%

37%

17%

1% 1% 0%

Pakistanis Living Abroad

EUROPE

MIDDLE EAST

AMERICAS

ASIA

AFRICA

OCENIA

Who?

Students

Doctors

Engineers

Talented youngsters

Major reasons For Brain Drain

• Lack of Job opportunities• Economic condition• Income inequalities• Lack of patriotism

Lack Of Job Opportunities

“Scientists and engineers are in chronically short supply in technology advanced countries.”

Economic condition

•Socio Economic conditions of foreign countries attract skilled personnel.

•They guarantee security, justice, equality and all other rights guaranteed under the United Nation’s charter which in Pakistan they could not imagine.

Income Inequalities“Highly qualified Pakistani earn about ten times as much abroad as in their home country.”

“Highly qualified Pakistani earn about ten times as much abroad as in their home country.”

Lack of patriotism

The spirit of patriotism is not found in Pakistanis nowadays. They prefer their future than Pakistan.

Negative effects of Brain Drain

• Widening of Gap between rich and poor countries

• Lack of Personnel• Increase in Corruption

Increasing Class Differences

International migration of highly qualified personnel produces unequal effects for the countries of origin and the receiving countries.

The source country has to suffer while the receiving countries take the benefit.

Increase In Corruption

•The corruption is increased as the skilled and loyal person leaves the country and the people left are not sincere towards their country.

•The honest persons are not encouraged in Pakistan and they have to face many hardships.

Increase in brain drain continues…

As skilled and professional people move abroad they are not available in the country to train others and thus people keep on moving abroad and the process of brain drain continues.

Positive effects of Brain Drain

• Development of the whole world

• Chance for freshmen

Development of Whole world

•The results obtained by highly qualified personnel in their work shall be, according to this approach, to the benefit of both the receiving countries and the countries of origin.

Chance for freshmen

•As the seniors move abroad the freshmen are given chance in the country.

•They are given a chance to prove their talent

•Hence unemployment is also reduced by the emigration of intellects.

Prevention of Brain drainPartnerships between source

and receiving countriesPay structures should be

reviewedRectification of Education

PoliciesEstablishment of industries

Survey on Brain Drain

75%

20%5%

Willing Not Willing No Decision

Summary

The migration of intellect is from poor and developing countries to rich and advanced countries. The people who migrated from Pakistan are doctors, engineers, students. There are some effects either positive or negative but some solutions to avoid from Brain Drain.