International Migration, Remittances and Brain Drain

Serge Feld is Professor Emeritus of the University of Liège, Belgium. He taught general economics, development economics and economic demography.  Previously, he was research assistant at the department of demography of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. From 2000 to 2015 he was an expert of the Belgian government at the UN Commission on Population and Development. He has been associated with the research conducted by the UN Population Division and he has carried out numerous missions as a consultant in migration economics for the Council of Europe and the OECD. His main areas of research are demo -economic analysis of the labor force, the labor market of foreign workers and the link between international migration and development.

• 1. Major Trends in International Migration Over the Last 25 Years.- Part 1. Emigration of Highly Qualified Labor from Developing Countries.- 2. International Migration Trends of Highly Skilled Workers.- 3. Emigration of Highly Qualified Personnel from the PVD, or the "Brain   Drain". Good or Bad for Development?.- 4. Emigration of Health Personnel from Developing Countries.- Part 2. Remittances to Developing Countries.- 5. Volume of Remittance Flows and Prevailing Trends.- 6. The Decision to Remit: Determinants And Actors.- 7. Remittances and Household Welfare.- 8. The Impact of Remittances on the Economy of the Countries of Emigration.- 9. Remittances, an Instrument of Development Policy.- Conclusion.