Brain drain refers to

skilled people leaving the country to work abroadCorrect answerYour answerstudents failing to finish schoolCorrect answerYour answerworkers moving from industry back to agriculture in villagesCorrect answerYour answerthe ageing of a country's workforceCorrect answerYour answer

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When doctors, engineers and scientists trained at public cost emigrate, the country loses the human capital it built.

Concept: Brain drain
Typical timeTypical: 70 s
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Brain drain refers to

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