'Brain Drain' Continues as Sub-Saharan Africa Bleeds Skilled Labor
By Andrew Soergel accessible on http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-10-07/sub-saharan-africa-bleeds-skilled-labor-as-brain-drain-continues Buried in the International Monetary Fund's massive 289-page World Economic Outlook report released earlier this week is a small line about a big problem for the labor markets of sub-Saharan Africa. A region of the world that the World Bank believed was home to more than 1 billion people in 2015 is suffering from what the IMF refers to as a "brain drain" as young, skilled workers depart from the region, leaving educated and technically proficient professionals in short supply. The exodus of young, educated workers is taking a toll on a region where human capital is scarce, the report said. "The migration of highly skilled workers entails a high social cost, as is evidenced by the departure of doctors and nurses from Malawi and Zimbabwe, which may mean welfare losses beyond those that are purely eco