Band 6+: Due to poorer countries experiencing a 'brain drain' they are seeing many professionals, such as doctors and teachers, leaving to work in more developed countries. What problems does this cause? What suggestions can be suggested to deal with this situation?

Some low-income nations are witnessing the migration of their skilled workers to high-income ones. While this phenomenon does reflect positively on the recepient counties, it engenders a multitude of problems to the donor ones, which mainly include shortages in workforce and rising levels of unemployment. This essay will further explore these challenges and propose viable solutions to combat them.

Two major consequences stemming from the mass exodus of professionals are the depletion of a skilled workforce and the induction of voluntary unemployment. Due to this emigration, the amount of money spent on the cultivation of a human capital within the developing countries is not requitted. This lack of requittance results from the absence of workers who would have significantly contributed to their nation’s economy. Furthermore, with complete dependence on remittances, families of expatriates have a lower propensity to work, exacerbating this workforce shortage. This is especially evidenced in Nepal, whose economy is mostly dependent on foreign income and where its citizens are completely reliant on the remittances from their expatriate relatives or loved ones.

In the light of these ramifications, viable solutions need to be proposed to both encourage the repatriation of a developing country’s citizens and to deter them from migration in the first place. One effective remedy is that governments should launch repatriation programs that allow effective reintegration of repatriates back into the local workforce. In this way, migrants will not be discouraged, by their fear of poorer income or lack of rewarding careers, to return to their native countries. Besides this program, promoting a better quality of life for conutry’s inhabitants, such as improving the education system, healthcare, and the provision of requittable revenues, can incentivise citizens to continue working in their native countries.

In conclusion, the challenges encountered by low-income countries from the mass exodus of their competent workforce means that these nations experience staff shortages. Hence, implementation of effective repatriation programs and enhancing citizens’ quality of life are crucial to successfully address these issues.