Social analysis of order and social inequality 9 72/4 2017 05 22 Institutional performance and Brain Drain from developing and Least Developed ‎countries ‏)‏Comparative institutional analysis of ‎‏100‏‎ origin‏ ‏countries‎ Institutional performance and Brain Drain from developing and Least Developed ‎countries ‏)‏Comparative institutional analysis of ‎‏100‏‎ origin‏ ‏countries‎ 99318 FA Zeinab Fatemi Amin Ph.D. Student of Sociology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Ali Yousofi Associate Professor of Social Sciences University of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Hossein Akbari Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Journal Article 2018 05 27 In the institutional-structural framework, the brain drain is a reaction to the inappropriate ‎structure and poor performance of the institutions of society, which is the result of uneven ‎development in the developing and least developed countries. It seems that the brain drain ‎from these countries has a structural and institutional reasons that is assessed in ‎international studies of institutional performance. Based on the comparative institutional ‎analysis, the highest rate of brain drain has been experienced by South Asian countries (Iran, ‎Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal). International data show that Iran among ‎the countries of South Asia has the most brain drain after India, and has sixth rank in the ‎brain drain among the‏100 ‏‎ developing and least developed countries. In this study, political ‎instability and economic corruption are considered to be the most effective indicators of ‎institutional performance on brain drain. The most important institutional difference ‎between the studied countries in rate of their brain drain is in their institutional ‎performance. The poor institutional performance has not only resulted in the institutional ‎transfer of elites to advanced countries, but also strengthens the possibility of non-returning ‎elites to their countries‏.‏ In the institutional-structural framework, the brain drain is a reaction to the inappropriate ‎structure and poor performance of the institutions of society, which is the result of uneven ‎development in the developing and least developed countries. It seems that the brain drain ‎from these countries has a structural and institutional reasons that is assessed in ‎international studies of institutional performance. Based on the comparative institutional ‎analysis, the highest rate of brain drain has been experienced by South Asian countries (Iran, ‎Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal). International data show that Iran among ‎the countries of South Asia has the most brain drain after India, and has sixth rank in the ‎brain drain among the‏100 ‏‎ developing and least developed countries. In this study, political ‎instability and economic corruption are considered to be the most effective indicators of ‎institutional performance on brain drain. The most important institutional difference ‎between the studied countries in rate of their brain drain is in their institutional ‎performance. The poor institutional performance has not only resulted in the institutional ‎transfer of elites to advanced countries, but also strengthens the possibility of non-returning ‎elites to their countries‏.‏ https://jsoa.sbu.ac.ir/article_99318_58825cb05cf2694bac1da9318ef90091.pdf