What Are The Causes Of Brain Drain In Lebanon

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Brain drain is a controversial topic whether in developing or already developed countries. Till this day, we are having the radical development of innovation all around the world. The effect of such development fundamentally influenced the social, demographic, and economical aspects of the community. Economies rose up, machines started taking over and with the population increase so did standards. Lebanon, being one of the nation’s going through financial challenges, is experiencing a demographic changing sensation represented by outrageous migration of individuals to different nations looking for better work opportunities. This phenomenon is called “Brain Drain". Brain drain, however, just made the economy get tougher to fix where having most percentage of …show more content…

Lebanese people are travelling abroad to look for better job opportunities due to the low salaries found in Lebanon. Lebanese professionals are being over qualified to the companies in Lebanon. According to Elie Fares, “it’s not acceptable to live in a place where salaries are unacceptable, you live to constant fear of civil strife and you know you’re not appreciated professionally” as cited by (Lysandra Ohrstrom,2013) in the Daily Star. Some of the causes of being unemployed is being fired or layed off for specific reasons. Many companies ask for employees with experience and attempt to give low salaries. That’s why individuals travel abroad to gain experience and achieve a higher income salary, leading to a better living lifestyle. Rarely individuals do come back to Lebanon to continue living here. The effect of this high unemployment in Lebanon is the absence of investing in opportunities. There is no increase in the opportunity in Lebanon. Very few individuals where they risk it to come back to their home country to invest in it and spend their saving to open a new business in

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