The Reverse Transfer of Technology from Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe

Logan, B. Ikubolajeh

doi:10.1111/1468-2435.00079

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“…Although the decision to migrate is often at the core of many brain drain studies (Logan, 1999), women’s agency in decision-making has been minimized under the assumption that their migration is tied to the decisions made by their spouses. This interpretation often views female migrants are “trailing” or “tied” spouses (Mincer 1978, Breugel 1996).…”

Section: Conceptualizing Female Participation In Aimmentioning

confidence: 99%

African female immigration to the United States and its policy implications

Thomas

Logan

2012

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des étud

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This study examines the dynamics of female African immigration and settlement in the United States and discusses the research and policy implications for these processes. It highlights a significant surge in female immigration from African than non-African countries in recent years. This surge is driven by female immigration from Africa’s countries most populous countries, from countries affected by civil conflicts, and from English-speaking countries in the region. African women are also more likely to arrive as unmarried single than other female immigrants. In addition, they had the highest prevalence of Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate degrees among women in the US. African females were also about twice more likely to be enrolled in US Educational institutions compared to other women. Those in the labor force were more likely to work as nursing professionals than in technical occupational groups such as engineering and computing. The study concludes by discussing the research and policy implications of these findings for countries in the developing world.

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Section: Conceptualizing Female Participation In Aimmentioning

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African female immigration to the United States and its policy implications

Thomas

Logan

2012

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des étud

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“…In recent years, what was a brain drain from Africa is gradually taking the form of brain circulation or brain gain within African countries, the major recipients being Gabon, Botswana and Republic of South Africa (Logan 1999).…”

Section: Major Migratory Trends and Issuesmentioning

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Issues and Recent Trends in International Migration in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Adepoju¹

2000

Int Social Sci J

128

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Migration in Sub‐Saharan Africa features a variety of movements, mostly intraregional: migrant workers, undocumented migrants, nomads, frontier workers, refugees, and highly skilled professionals. Changing patterns and especially the increase in irregular migration, diversification of migratory routes and trafficking in migrants result from worsening socio‐economic and political conditions in the region. Sponsored, selective male migration and increasing female autonomous migration are manifestations of migration as survival strategies. Brain circulation within the region, especially to core areas of rapid economic growth, has intensified; increasingly, labour migration is being replaced by commercial migration. Migrants are also exploring alternative destinations within the region in response to the tightened immigration laws in the North. Rapid population growth, economic depression, conflicts, political instability, widespread poverty and deepening unemployment signal the possibility of increased migration, including refugee flows, in the coming years. Sub‐regional economic unions could help promote intra‐regional labour mobility if concerted efforts are made to harmonise national laws with regionaland sub‐regional treaties.

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“…Empirical studies of African PTKs and their potential to emigrate suggest that the overall national socio‐economic environment may be more important than personal income in the decision‐making process. In a study of the potential of University of Zimbabwe professors to emigrate, Logan (1999) concludes that professors who express a desire to emigrate are no worse off in terms of personal income than those who express a desire to stay home. The study indicates that the geographical proximity of a potential destination, kinship ties with a potential destination, the marital status of the potential emigrant, the number of children that the potential emigrant has and the field of study of a potential emigrant are more indicative of a potential to emigrate than income.…”

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The U.S. Diversity Visa Programme and the Transfer of Skills from Africa

Logan

Thomas

2012

International Migration

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The Diversity Visa (DV) programme is designed to improve the multicultural composition of the U.S. “melting pot” beyond the traditional source countries in Europe. In pursuit of this objective, the basic eligibility requirement for participation in the programme is a high school diploma. Despite its salutary objective and design, the programme’s implications for the African brain drain may not all be benign. The “tired, poor, huddled masses” from Africa are defined in more restrictive terms, and the obstacles they face are more economically and administratively onerous than those encountered by their early European counterparts. The costs of transforming a lottery win to an actual diversity visa and Green Card are so high that only Africans in well-paying jobs, who are likely to be professionals rather than mere high school graduates, are likely to be able to afford the full costs of programme participation. In this sense, the programme has an in-built, skills-selective mechanism. The main objective of this study is to examine the extent to which the DV has facilitated the movement of professional, technical and kindred workers (PTKs) from Africa to the United States, and some of the economic and policy implications of the process.

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The Reverse Transfer of Technology from Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

African female immigration to the United States and its policy implications

African female immigration to the United States and its policy implications

Issues and Recent Trends in International Migration in Sub‐Saharan Africa

The U.S. Diversity Visa Programme and the Transfer of Skills from Africa

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