Achieving Skill Mobility in the ASEAN Economic Community: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Implications

Asian Development Bank (adb), Asian Development Bank (adb) (), Asian Development Bank (adb) and Asian Development Bank (adb)
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Asian Development Bank (adb): Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB

No RPT157644-2, ADB Reports from Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Abstract: Despite clear aspirations by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to create an effective and transparent framework to facilitate movements among skilled professionals within the ASEAN by December 2015, progress has been slow and uneven. This report examines the challenges ASEAN member states face in achieving the goal of greater mobility for the highly skilled, including hurdles in recognizing professional qualifications, opening up access to certain jobs, and a limited willingness by professionals to move due to perceived cultural, language, and socioeconomic differences. The cost of these barriers is staggering and could reduce the region’s competitiveness in the global market. This report launches a multiyear effort by the Asian Development Bank and the Migration Policy Institute to better understand the issues and develop strategies to gradually overcome the problems. It offers a range of policy recommendations that have been discussed among experts in a high-level expert meeting, taking into account best practices locally and across the region.

Keywords: ASEAN; labor market; skilled professional; jobs; global economy; economic development; SME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2016-01
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