Lastly, we believe that receiving countries should take a more
proactive role in regional consultative processes to mitigate the
consequences of brain drain and to level the playing field in trade in
services. Education is a public investment that sending countries fail to use
when their nationals migrate due for higher wages. As such, we feel that
remittances do not fully compensate the opportunities that are lost to a
developing country. We applaud receiving countries that have adopted
reverse brain drain policies or have developed ethical guidelines for
recruitment of health professionals.17 Where a fully liberalized trade in
services is untenable, increased trade and foreign direct investment in origin
countries may substitute for migration and further reduce emigration
pressures through local job creation