Skilling Migrant Workers in South Asia: Rhetoric and Reality

Rakkee Thimothy ()
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Rakkee Thimothy: Singapore Management University

The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2017, vol. 60, issue 4, No 7, 647-662

Abstract: Abstract With the proposition that skills could be a key enabler in improving migration outcomes, this paper seeks to address two issues: to what extent skilling migrant workers figure as a policy concern in labour-sending countries and what strategies are currently underway to enhance the skill of migrants? The paper focuses on three major labour-sending countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. It is argued that not only skilling migrant workers deserve stronger articulation within the administrative structures that manage labour migration, but it is also important to create efficient and effective skill delivery mechanisms, programmes and partnerships that are responsive to the requirements of international migrant workers.

Keywords: Labour migration; Skills; Migration outcomes; Skill development; South Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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