An increasing number of professionals, such as doctors and teachers, are leaving their own poorer countries to work in developed countries. What are the reasons behind this trend? What solutions can you suggest to deal with this situation? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant example from your own knowledge.

One of the factors that most influences the advancement and progress of people and society is education. Today, with the advent of technology, skilled and professional manpower is becoming a treasure that countries strive to acquire and preserve. Many developing countries try to generate higher education because they need to keep a constant development but fail to absorb it.

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has resulted in professionals leaving the

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for better career opportunities abroad.

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issues what became known of brain drain. Many countries have been affected by

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(China, Philippines, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia,

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, Gambia, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Ecuador, etc.), but the list is so long, we will focus on

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. In

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, brain drain has undergone several stages and has affected different groups in

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society. Around the 1960s, >>the educational infrastructure in

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started growing rapidly and a group of young scientists and engineers started coming out of its elite educational institutions << and they discovered professional and job opportunities available in the

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were not competitive and economic attractive.

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situation was growing in the decade of 1970s. The government insisted in many ways to stop

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situation. One well-known economist even proposed that all

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immigrants should be taxed.

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is intended to compensate the

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for the money invested in their education.

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,

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did not come to result

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various political and administrative problems that arose at the time.

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was losing its power brain. In 2001, there were 1.7 million

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origin residents in USA: “as many as 12% scientists and 38% doctors in the US were Indians, and in NASA, 36% or almost 4 out of 10 scientists were Indians”. But

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effect began to reverse in 2011,

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the World Labor Organization, “Lured by the boom of a strong

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economy and chased away by the wailing of the global recession, an increasing number of Indians are returning home with international experience and degrees”. Dharmakirti Joshi, Chief Economist at CRISIL Ltd, explains the situation: "

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's growth rate in recent years has increased significantly. Between 2004 and 2011, the average annual GDP growth amounted to 8.5%.

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, the global financial crisis has not dented the

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's growth potential, which quickly resumed the upward path at around 8% within a year." With

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, the picture of

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changes. Now, for

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the government, it is a much more interesting job to attract the return of professionals who once left and keep those who are currently on

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path. There are many proposals for projects that could be a definitive solution to the phenomenon: Rural Development, Tackling under-employment, Proper payment policy, Taxation, Placements in the

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, and work culture.