title: Targeted reintegration of expatriate brains into developing countries of origin:  the EEC-IOM experience in Central America.
abstract: "The present article...reviews the major findings of the end-evaluation of the EEC-IOM project in Central America, the Dominican Republic and Panama, a five-year scheme funded by the Commission of the European Communities (EEC) and implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to promote a selective and development-oriented return of Latin American professionals to Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.... The core objectives of this evaluation, undertaken in September-December 1989, were to assess the project's contribution to local socioeconomic, scientific and technological development through the selective supply of expatriate professionals to developing institutions operating in so-defined priority areas; to identify the returnees' personal reintegration patterns at the professional, socioeconomic and family-related levels; and to measure the project's cost effectiveness." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ardittis
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D002489:Central America; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003364:Costa Rica; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004293:Dominican Republic; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006721:Honduras; D007843:Latin America; D009042:Motivation; D009527:Nicaragua; D009656:North America; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010176:Panama; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011640:Public Policy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Americas; Brain Drain; Caribbean; Central America; Cost Effectiveness; Costa Rica; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Dominican Republic; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Evaluation; Evaluation Indexes; Honduras; Incentives; International Migration; Latin America; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; Nicaragua; North America; Occupational Status; Organization And Administration; Panama; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Program Evaluation; Programs; Quantitative Evaluation; Return Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status