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The results to be attained will contribute to a better clarification and understanding of the
emigration of medical doctors from these two regions that entertain direct and indirect
economic, social and cultural relationships with the EU. The gains and benefits from this
research can be expected to generate a:
o Conceptual framework for analyzing the trends and major determinants of the
emigration of medical doctors from MENA and ECE to EU,
o Set of instruments that are useful for integrating education, health care,
employment and wages in the understanding of emigration patterns,
o Means for further integration of regional policies in MENA and ECE countries
and regions,
o Basis for economic and social policy coordination and negotiation between EU
and the two regions analyzed.
The attainment of the above objectives and the development of the related research
questions have been made possible with the extensive use of the available publications,
the mobilization of the existing data from both national and international sources. Besides
that, the use of descriptive quantitative and qualitative analyzes and economic models
with econometric implementations and hypotheses testing have been used with the
available data. Finally, a cooperative game theoretical framework has been introduced as
the basis for the cooperative model suggested by this report. The outcomes attained from
such analyzes have been enriched through looking at the perspectives of medical
education and research in Morocco as a case of a source of emigration in MENA. Liekly
comparisons with ECE countries could be easily understood from the chapter devoted to
ECE. Furthermore, some 100 doctors practicing in Morocco are interviewed to better
confirm the determinants of emigrations.
The overall results attained show that the emigration as stocks and flows of physicians is
determined by the cost of medical education, the selection process for enrollment,
demographic issues but the major determinant is the salary provided in countries of
destination. Comparisons of relative wages provide patterns of emigration among groups
of countries. It has been observed that given the wage benefits, more physicians from
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