Document Type
Migration Policy Briefs
Publication Date
2001
Department
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Abstract
Official South African statistics on the magnitude of emigration from the country seriously undercount. In this paper, the authors have devised an innovative methodology which reveals the extent of the undercount but also provides important insights into the volume and sectoral distribution of emigrants. One of the common strategies suggested for countering some of the negative consequences of “brain drain” is the mobilization of diaspora networks. The paper provides an introduction to one such network, the SANSA project. The paper was written by Mercy Brown, David Kaplan and Jean-Baptiste Meyer of the Development Policy Research Unit of the University of Cape Town. SAMP is grateful to the authors for permission to publish the paper in this series.
Recommended Citation
Crush, J. & Williams, V., eds. (2001). Counting Brains: Measuring Emigration From South Africa (rep., pp. 1-20). Waterloo, ON: Southern African Migration Programme. SAMP Migration Policy Brief No. 5.