Question

How do you define backwash effect?

• A. The country from which the people emigrate which loses skilled people is known as backwash effect.
• B. The country from which the people immigrate which gains skilled people is known as backwash effect.
• C. The country from which the people emigrate which gains skilled people is known as backwash effect.
• D. The country from which the people immigrate loses skilled people is known as backwash effect.

Answer 1

The correct option is A The country from which the people emigrate which loses skilled people is known as backwash effect.

The country from which the people emigrate which loses skilled people is known as backwash effect. This is the consequence of brain drain. Brain drain refers to the migration in which skilled people from an economically backward country move to developed countries in search of better opportunities.