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III.2.2.2 Discussion and Public Policy Implications
The movement of health workers has proven to be strong and irreversible. However, not
all countries involved have benefited equally. An outdated way of looking at immigration
has been to over emphasize the pejorative implications of brain drain. However, the
picture is not as dim as it seems. Sending countries can also benefit from exporting its
human skilled labor force, especially via the promotion of brain drain. In the previous
section, we have summarized how a cooperative framework, implying utility transfer and
side payments, could be used to analyze the implications of migration of highly skilled
health force. In this frame, there will be free movement of medical doctors between the
two rims of the Mediterranean Sea in a cooperative framework indicating that
immigration can be a “win-win” opportunity for all parties involved. Figure III.2.2.2
suggests that the immigration of doctors can benefit to both the sending and receiving
countries, and therefore, the immigration of medical doctors is not necessarily a zero-sum
game.
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