Brain drain is defined as the migration of health personnel in search of the better standard of
living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable …

Objective. To look at nurse migration flows in the light of national nursing workforce
imbalances, examine factors that encourage or inhibit nurse mobility, and explore the …

South African nurses care for patients in London, hospitals recruit Filipino nurses to Los
Angeles, and Chinese nurses practice their profession in Ireland. In every industrialized …

This paper was initiated by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
after identifying the need for an in-depth synthesis and analysis of available literature and …

The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature
dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the …

This book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary economic, social,
political and environmental change in small islands, island states and territories, through …

Migration of skilled health workers from sub-Saharan African countries has significantly
increased in this century, with most countries becoming sources of migrants. Despite the …

Despite its connotations of non‐compliance, illegality, social exploitation and marginality,
the informal sector is a substantial contributor to economic life in developing countries and …

Developed countries facing nursing shortages have increasingly turned to aggressive
foreign nurse recruitment, primarily from developing nations, to offset their lagging domestic …

Forecasts predict a growing shortage of skilled nursing staff in countries worldwide. Nurse
migration is already a common strategy used to address nursing workforce needs. Germany …