期刊名称：Ethiopian e-Journal for Research and Innovation Foresight
电子版ISSN：2042-6356
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：2
出版社：NES-Global
摘要：Most developing countries like Ethiopia aspire to fast-track their development processes to alleviate poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. These aspirations are dependent on a nation’s human capital and the progress it makes in education, science technology and innovations. For Ethiopia, engaging the brain power of its professionals fully and effectively is imperative to achieve the country’s quest for rapid development and sustainable social change. In this regard, Ethiopia needs to create an enabling environment and establish strategic collaborations and partnerships with all its development partners and sectors. The Ethiopian Diaspora, including its second and third generation, is among the country’s critical intellectual resource whose maximum mobilization and engagement is indispensible. Unfortunately, the Diaspora has not been effectively mobilized, networked and engaged. This paper attempts to (i) highlight the enormity of the problem of brain-drain (ii) underline
