Therefore, reverse brain drain is no longer limited to the commonly perceived migration from a developed to a developing country by a first generation individual.
The likelihood that new human capital formation, associated with remittances, exceeds brain drain is higher in the context of well-functioning education systems and labor markets.
Scholars have pointed to the increasing privatization and commercialization of the nursing industry as a major reason for this loss of skill, i.e. brain drain.
It is also addressing the question of health care worker migration and alternative approaches to preventing excess brain drain from developing countries.