Gi-Wook Shin is professor of sociology and director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University and Rennie J. Moon is associate professor at the Underwood International College at Yonsei University. This essay is drawn from their study “From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation and Linkage” sponsored by the Asia Development Bank and published by the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
How Can Brain Drain Promote Development?
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