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Hoang, Cuong Huu; Turner, Marianne – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2023
Many scholars from developing countries receive financial incentives to go to Western countries to study and are then expected to return to develop their home country's research capacity. Given the common assumption that diasporic study will be beneficial for local research, the repatriation of these academics is an issue worthy of exploration. In…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
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Hong, Moon Suk – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2021
This ethnographic research examines the sociocultural and educational experiences of migrant youth living in liminality in urban Yangon. Their liminality exemplifies the interplay between poverty, social-choice of dropping out of school and the militant culture of schooling. The research argues that narratives provide comprehensive understandings…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Migrant Workers, Migration Patterns, Urban Youth
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Javed, Bushra; Zainab, Bibi; Zakai, Samia Nadeem; Malik, Shahzeb – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2019
International Student Mobility (ISM) is progressively becoming a significant aspect of the higher education scenario. The universal higher education milieu has undergone a tremendous change due to ISM as the number of students going abroad for higher education is growing incessantly with every passing year. Pakistan is a developing country that…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Jokila, Suvi – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2015
The aim of this paper is to explore Appadurai's ideas of global cultural flows in the context of the internationalization of higher education in China. Studies on the internationalization of higher education have increased with the expansion of international activities on university campuses; however, more theoretical analysis in the field is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Developing Nations
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Sanderson, Matthew – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Contemporary levels of international migration in less-developed countries are raising new and important questions regarding the consequences of immigration for human welfare and well-being. However, there is little systematic cross-national evidence of how international migration affects human development levels in migrant-receiving countries in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Immigration, Migration Patterns, Well Being
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Marshall, Dawn – International Social Science Journal, 1982
There is need to assess the impact of migration on the Caribbean ecosystems. As a 150-year-old institution, emigration is related to the carrying capacity of the islands and the need to export the surplus population when capacity is threatened. Emigration, however, is a deterrent to development and individual independence. (KC)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Ecology, Economic Factors, Living Standards
Tickell, Crispin – Our Planet, 1995
Examines the plight of environmental refugees and the adequacy of political responses to the situation. Discusses the consequences of accelerated environmental change, particularly the impact of global warming on human migration. (LZ)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Environmental Education, Global Warming
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Manik, Sadhana – Perspectives in Education, 2007
Globalisation of the world economy has intensified migration in the twenty-first century. Professionals are vulnerable to transnational migration and the trend is for professionals from developing countries to fill labour gaps in developed countries. South Africa's (SA) inclusion in the world labour market suggests that she is not immune. She is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Teacher Motivation, Faculty Mobility
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Rose C. Amazan – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2008
The number of highly skilled Africans leaving their country of origin, many with PhDs, has reached disturbing proportions. Meanwhile, Africa spends billions per year to fill the capacity gaps that are created by the exodus of the highly skilled. In Africa, Ethiopia ranked first in terms of rate of loss of human capital. Many African governments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Human Capital, Developing Nations
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Todaro, Michael P. – Journal of Geography, 1980
Identifies the rapid growth of cities in developing nations as one of the most significant demographic phenomena of modern times. Comparative data and policy considerations are presented for the world generally, and for Africa, Latin America, and Asia, specifically. (DB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Human Geography
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Chaney, Elsa M. – International Studies Notes, 1989
Suggests alternative ways to advance knowledge about the reasons why people in the Caribbean are under-nourished. Argues for replacing quantitative surveys that focus on using the methodology of one discipline with L. Joy's (1979) "repeated scenarios" crossing disciplinary boundaries around which theorizing can begin. (GG)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Farm Labor, Females
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Adepoju, Aderanti – International Social Science Journal, 1979
Explores determinants, characteristics, and patterns of migration in Africa and relates these factors to socioeconomic change processes. Influences of migration are evaluated as they relate to work conditions, land use, marriage and family patterns, life style, and new skills and experiences gained in formal and non-formal educational situations.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Problems
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Lee, Kiong Hock; Tan, Jee Peng – Higher Education, 1984
The flow of developing country students to developed countries is examined from the perspective of the sending authorities in developing countries and the loss of foreign exchange to developing nations. The implications for expansion of higher education in developing nations are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development
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Mahran, Maher – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Argues that neither socioeconomic development plans which ignore population questions nor population education in isolation can succeed. Discusses the role of education in reducing population growth. Provides examples from population education programs in Egypt. (DMM)
Descriptors: Demography, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
Grant, Geraldine – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1983
Suggests that immigration entails redefinition of sex roles and kin obligations in immigrant families; reveals a trend toward increasingly differentiated nuclear families among immigrants; and identifies pressures that may make immigrant families more susceptible to instability than American families, and countervailing forces that may contribute…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Employment Patterns
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