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Ⅴ.Ⅲ An increasing gap between inbound talent and

international aid

Our previous lengthy analyses on talent policy and international aid in East
Asia point out a rather controversial development with respect to how governments
in this region have engaged with greater internationalization and its implication to
global inequality. In general, the talent policies examined previously seems to be

against the grand objectives of international assistance which attempts to promote
the general development of recipient countries in this region. These talent policies
purposely attempt to ‘rob’ valuable human capital from developing countries
(Altbach, 2013) without paying corresponding costs. This situation becomes even

harsher when we see a rising prominence of economic liberation and a stagnant (or
politicalized) humanitarian in international assistance (donating 0.7% of GNI). On
the one hand, we have seen more East Asian governments adopting more liberal
stance in relation to inbound mobility. Particularly, they are welcome to grant long-

term permanent residence or even citizenship to these highly skilled workforces.
This tends to imply an emigration from developing countries, probably causing
high-end skill shortages in Global South. On the other hand, emerging economies in
East Asia (including Japan) have been reluctant to provide larger proportion of GNI

for humanitarian purpose across the global. We even can argue that the magnitude
of international aid offered is much smaller than the benefits received from the
inbound talent. There is a growing gap between liberal inbound talent policy and
global humanitarian mission in East Asia. And it is argued that this widening

inequality might lead to an unjust world and imbalanced wealth distribution within
the region.

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