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During the last decade, many countries have embarked on a transformational transition into the knowledge economy. Given the increased positive influence that this economy has on the political, economic and sociocultural spheres of a globalised society, the unevenness between technologically advanced and developing countries have become more pronounced. The current rise in the global brain drain, especially in technologically challenged countries, has significantly affected the competitiveness of those countries in terms of attracting a talented workforce to their shores. This syndrome has become a significant challenge for the Baltic States, with the mass emigration of skilled professionals. Although the governments in the Baltics have embarked on nation branding strategies to differentiate and market their states on a global basis, these are more geared towards stimulating exports and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) from multinationals and other private investors. Nation branding can improve a country's global standing, image and reputation, ultimately influencing the amount of tourism and capital investment, as well as attracting a talented workforce. However, it is apparent that in the Baltic States, proactive measures such as nation "rebranding" are still needed to retain a talented workforce for longer in the region.

During the last decade, many countries have embarked on a transformational transition into the knowledge economy. Given the increased positive influence that this economy has on the political, economic and sociocultural spheres of a globalised society, the unevenness between technologically advanced and developing countries have become more pronounced. The current rise in the global brain drain, especially in technologically challenged countries, has significantly affected the competitiveness of those countries in terms of attracting a talented workforce to their shores. This syndrome has become a significant challenge for the Baltic States, with the mass emigration of skilled professionals. Although the governments in the Baltics have embarked on nation branding strategies to differentiate and market their states on a global basis, these are more geared towards stimulating exports and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) from multinationals and other private investors. Nation branding can improve a country's global standing, image and reputation, ultimately influencing the amount of tourism and capital investment, as well as attracting a talented workforce. However, it is apparent that in the Baltic States, proactive measures such as nation "rebranding" are still needed to retain a talented workforce for longer in the region.

On the morning of December 6, 1987, 250,000 people swarmed the U.S. National Mall.1 Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev was to arrive the following day to meet with President Ronald Reagan for a new set of talks that marked a warming in the seemingly interminable Cold War. A future recipient of the Nobel Prize and Time's person of the decade, Gorbachev had entranced the Western world as a great compromiser who had brought communism with a human face to the Eastern Bloc and the potential of world peace in the face of nuclear apocalypse.2 However, the quarter-million people on the frozen National Mall did not care about Gorbachev's public image. They wanted him to make a commitment that the millions of Jewish people who had suffered decades of state-sponsored antiSemitism in the U.S.S.R. would be granted increased religious freedom and the right to emigrate. Chants of "Let my people go!" echoed throughout the National Mall over the course of the day, a phrase that had been the clarion call for many of these people for almost thirty years.

Sozioökonomische und demographische Fragen.

Themen: Verwandte im Ausland; Aufenthaltsland der Verwandten (andere afrikanische Länder, Vereinigte Staaten, Vereinigtes Königreich, Deutschland, Russland, Italien, andere europäische Länder, Mittlerer Osten, andere Länder); jemals in ein anderes Land außerhalb Äthiopiens gereist oder dort gelebt; besuchte Länder (andere afrikanische Länder, Vereinigte Staaten, Vereinigtes Königreich, Deutschland, Russland, Italien, andere europäische Länder, Mittlerer Osten, andere Länder).

Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter; Bildung; Hauptverdiener; aktueller Erwerbsstatus des Befragten und des Hauptverdieners; Beruf des Befragten; Beschäftigungssektor des Befragten und des Hauptverdieners; Weisungsbefugnis; Arbeitgeberfunktion; Muttersprache; zu Hause gesprochene Sprache; andere Sprache(n); präferierte Sprache im Radio; Selbsteinschätzung der Sprachkenntnisse in Englisch (Verstehen); Religion; ethnischer Hintergrund; Beurteilung des Lebensstandards des Haushalts; Haushaltsnettoeinkommen.

Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Fragebogen-ID; Ortsgröße; Region; städtisches oder ländliches Wohnumfeld; Hauptstadt Addis Ababa bzw. anderes städtisches oder ländliches Wohnumfeld; Interview begleitet von einem Superviser; Interviewtag; Interviewdatum (Tag und Monat); Interviewbeginn und Interviewende; Interviewsprache; Befragter wurde wiederkontaktiert; vom Interviewer geschätztes Alter des Befragten; Gewichtungsfaktoren.