Overall, it has been concluded that expansion of educational opportunities in developing countries created a more productive labor force. It provides widespread employment and income earning opportunities for teachers, school and construction workers, textbook and paper printers, school uniform makers, and related workers. It also creates a class of social leaders to fill vacancies left by departing expatriates. Along with these reasons, education also provides the kind of training and education that would promote literacy and basic skills while encouraging modern attitudes on the part of diverse segments of the population.

These reasons for developing education are all very sound and well thought out. There is one problem with them however. This is what is known as the “brain drain”. The idea behind this is that high-level educated workers tend to migrate from poor to rich countries. They do so because the wages and quality of living are significantly higher in rich countries than in poor. This is often true of professionals such as scientists, engineers, academics, and physicians. Most of these professionals

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