A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
This is from the World Economic report and they link Investment in R&D to brain drain, talent attraction and retention. What does this mean for our country that does no investment at all in R&D?......will brain drain be there forever?
Throughout the 2000s, European countries have been broadly successful at attracting large numbers of highly-skilled individuals. The euro area crisis has most likely significantly altered these pre-existing trends. As growth remains subdued and unemployment stabilises at high levels, spending cuts in R&D might leave countries in the periphery more exposed to “brain drain”.
A country that gives a high priority to R&D is one that is likely to generate growth in innovative sectors over the medium to long term (see Veugelers, 2014). This is true for both the public sector (within universities’ fields of research) and the private sector (in innovative business sectors). In turn, an economy where growth originates from innovative sectors is well placed to attract talents from abroad or create jobs for the highly-qualified individuals it has trained. As such, one can envision that countries in the EU periphery where R&D spending has been slashed will see a higher incidence of brain drain in the years to come.
Source:
https://agenda.weforum.org/2014/12/why-research-is-key-to-retaining
-talent/.
My brothers and sisters; Do not think of what your country can do for you, think of what you can do for your country.
Stay and let's build our country.
