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industry and research scope will be dealt with. This is to ensure that divergent views of this specific
stakeholder group are taken into account. The advantage of using this method is that the researcher can
use her prior knowledge and skills to choose the respondents.
A purposive sampling method will be used to locate respondents and a snowballing technique would be
adopted in contacting at least 500 stakeholders and policy makers in the health and education industry, the
export sector in Ghana and the United Kingdom/United States of America.
Summary
Exporting the services of professionals (health and educational) would ensure that developing countries
benefit from the phenomenon and reduce the exodus of these professionals. It would also make available
to policy makers information that moves from discussions to implementation of a planned process to
curbing the menace and propelling the export of services from developing countries.
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