Exporting grey matter: What is the brain drain costing us?
By Lim Kim-Hwa, Yap Jo-Yee
June 2014COVER STORY
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Can there really be any benefits to the persistent brain drain out of Malaysia? The numbers seem to say so. But knowledge and skills are intangible commodities that are the basis of innovation – commodities that we are rapidly losing as more and more high-skilled Malaysians emigrate.As of 2013, 308,833 high-skilled Malaysians are working abroad1.The World Bank defines the brain drain population as those who are 25 years old and above, hold a tertiary-level degree and do not currently reside...
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