Intraregional migration of skilled manpower

Concern about the international migration of skilled human resources has traditionally focused on migratory flows to industrialized countries, i.e., about what has come to be known as the “brain drain". There are, however, migratory movements of this segment of the labour force within the region as well. This “horizontal” migration is analysed briefly in the present article; in so doing, the author reviews its causes, possible implications, the characteristics of these flows of skilled migrants, and the relationship between what is to be observed in some countries and the official altitude adopted by their Governments.