With each passing year, international student mobility is increasing and the data shows that everyone benefits from it. Rather than depriving their developing countries of their best talents through a "brain drain", qualified young talents create a global pool of qualified human capital, enabling "brain gain". 

Both sending and receiving countries should be able to mutually benefit from the growing pool of qualified young talent capital because a country needs international talent to build its own research capacity. This internationally mobile talent network is an undisputed public interest: collaborating on global issues creates a capital of qualified young talent that benefits both the host country and other countries. Therefore, the brain drain and subsequent reverse brain drain of young talents should be seen as a brain gain for everyone.

Participation of qualified young talents in brain drain in business networks, innovation and technology transfers is a positive effect of brain drain. However, the way that brain drain can be a positive force is the return of qualified young talents to their own countries, that is, reverse brain drain. The additional knowledge and financial capital that returnees acquire while abroad provides significant benefits, particularly for technological adoption, entrepreneurship and productivity. Return decisions, on the other hand, depend on the economic and political situation in the homeland. For this reason, in order for the brain drain from our country to be beneficial for our country, policies that will support the brain drain but also address reverse brain drain should be increased in order that it will not be permanent.

The Thai government, for example, has been implementing the Reverse Brain Drain Project over the past few decades to encourage the return of professional talent to their home country positions. These professionals have also been used to facilitate and coordinate technology transfer by recruiting recent graduates who are both highly skilled and experienced as well as do not have much experience but have promising research potential. The project includes strong incentives to attract more young talents to this opportunity. Incentives are monetary or provided through services and assistance. For example, different types of grants are offered to enable participation in special projects. 

In our own country, the negative effects of brain drain can be reduced by increasing investments in local research centers and institutions and by adequately supporting researchers, thus encouraging brain recuperation by reverse brain drain. In addition, attention should be paid to immigration programs and regulations that encourage our young talents to return after completing their education, having worked for a short time in the country of study or in a third country.