Author's Department

Center for Migration and Refugee Studies

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

9-2012

Abstract

Within the Middle East and North Africa region, Egypt can certainly be considered the number one emigration country in terms of total number of emigrants1 . But even within a larger pool of countries, the developing countries for instance, Egypt still occupies a position within the list of top ten-emigration countries according to the World Bank2 . Egypt is also amongst the top remittance-receiving countries with only thirteen other countries worldwide receiving a higher level of remittances in the year 20103 . While accounts of the actual number of Egyptian migrants vary greatly due to the unavailability of accurate and comprehensive data (estimates range from 3-8 million), there is no doubt that there are millions of highly-skilled Egyptians abroad in both Arab and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries4 . One would assume that much research has gone into exploring the effects of such high levels of highly-skilled emigration on Egypt’s development. However, the reality of the matter is that the relationship between Egyptian emigration and development has not received enough attention.

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