Evaluation of expatriate labor replacement in the Ivory Coast

IT ADDRESSES SEVERAL PROBLEMS OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY POSED BY THE REPLACEMENT OF HIGHLY SKILLED EXPATRIATES IN THE IVORY COAST"S LABOR FORCE. CONCEPTUALIZING EXPATRIATE REPLACEMENT AS AN IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION ACTIVITY IN WHICH IVORIAN LABOR SUBSTITUTES FOR PREVIOUSLY IMPORTED LABOR SERVICES, THE AUTHOR APPLIES A MODIFIED DRC (DOMESTIC RESOURCE COSTS) ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE IVORIAN SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS NECESSARY TO TRAIN THE LOCAL LABOR. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT TRAINING FOR PURPOSES OF EXPATRIATE REPLACEMENT IS AN ECONOMICALLY DESIRABLE ACTIVITY WITH MOST POTENTIAL FOR GAIN BEING AT THE UPPER SECONDARY AND LOWER UNIVERSITY LEVELS.