ASIA-PACIFIC SOCIAL OUTLOOK 2022: STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING A HEALTHY, PROTECTED AND PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Selahattin Selsah Pasali ()
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Selahattin Selsah Pasali: Social Development Division, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 2022, vol. 29, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: The present paper gives an assessment of the challenges faced by the workforce in Asia and the Pacific and how they can be overcome. For this assessment, the impact of global megatrends, such as climate change, digitalization and rapid ageing, is anticipated, and a multisectoral approach required to build the workforce to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific is laid out. This approach is based on measures to improve access to decent work and extend universal social protection and universal health coverage, and concrete recommendations are provided to guide policy implementation.

Keywords: decent employment; universal social protection; universal health coverage; active labour market policies; rapid ageing; climate change; green transition; digitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I32 J08 J11 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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