Countries like the United States, lure away talented manpower from developing countries by liberalising their immigration policies to permit and encourage such migration.
After this, many estimates range from 200,000 to 1,000,000 fled to surrounding Protestant countries: , the , , , and —whose Calvinist great elector, , welcomed them to help rebuild his war-ravaged and under-populated country.
Ghana currently has about 3,600 doctors—one for every 6,700 inhabitants.