Brain drain in Middle East countries entails an ignorance cost amounting to trillions of dollars
Jan 16, 2023
According to several studies carried out by UNESCO, the Arab League and the World Bank, the Middle East and the Arab World are responsible for about one-third of the brain drain from developing countries. The countries where Arab scientists and other highly skilled professionals migrate are mainly European Union member states, Australia and Canada. About half of these highly qualified and talented people who leave their country or remain abroad are doctors, 23 per cent engineers, and the rest professionals in other specialties.
