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Outward Migration from India - Brain Drain or Brain Deposit?

Geoff Riley

8th November 2015

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This is a really important development economics issue. India and many other developing / emerging countries has seen a significant rise in net outward migration of skilled people. To what extent is this a key barrier to their growth and development? Or - as Indian Prime Minister Modi has argued recently, should we accentuate the benefits of outward migration for the source country?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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