World Bank: Brain drain from Poland second-highest in the world

Poland ranks second in the world when it comes to the rise in outflow of qualified personnel, surpassed only by India, according to the World Bank (WB) report “Global Talent Flows.” The figures for Poland are disturbing, with the country finding itself in the group of nations with the fastest growing rates of outflows of specialist personnel. Within one decade (2000-2010), intellectual emigration from Poland jumped 115 percent, with top-ranking India seeing a 123 percent rise. The most popular destinations for talented workers are four English-speaking countries – the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia – which draw in 75 percent of them. The US alone attracts 40 percent of the total. “There is evidence that educated immigrants increase the level of innovation in the destination country. Educated representatives of the younger generation appear to be less attached to a place or nationality,” the WB report states.