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Economic conditions increase "brain drain"

    JOHANNESBURG

    Economic deterioration is forcing many highly qualified Zimbabweans to leave the country to find work abroad, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) in Harare said Tuesday.

    According to the CSO, an average of about 300 Zimbabweans emigrate per month. It said that most headed for Australia, Britain, the United States and South Africa. The CSO said that the country lost about 55 architects and engineers, 60 teachers, 21 medical surgeons and 17 bricklayers and carpenters every six months.

    Zimbabwe businessmen say that labour migration was hurting the country's already ailing economy by diminishing the supply of locally available skilled labour.

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