Myanmar

Easing the movement of skilled and semi-skilled labor across borders could have enormous benefits for Southeast Asia.

At your service: trade liberalization could bring huge benefits to Southeast Asia

Making it easier for workers to move between countries is key to liberalizing the trade in services and unleashing the benefits it will produce across national and regional economies.

Kakali Mukhopadhyay

Ở Đông Nam Châu Á, các quốc gia được nhiều hơn là mất từ sự di cư đang gia tăng của lực lượng lao động. Ảnh ADB

Tại sao Đông Nam Á không nên lo lắng về việc “chảy máu chất xám”

Bài viết giải thích tại sao nhận thức cho rằng sự di cư của lao động có kỹ năng nghề làm tổn hại nguồn lực quốc gia là sai lầm.

Elisabetta Gentile

In Southeast Asia, countries have more to gain than lose from increased mobility for workers. Photo: ADB

Why Southeast Asia shouldn’t worry about “brain drain”

Here’s why the perception that skilled migration damages the source country is wrong.

Elisabetta Gentile

In Southeast Asia, skilled workers could one day become borderless. Photo: ADB

Promoting skilled labor mobility and migration in Southeast Asia

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are working together to encourage the free flow of skilled labor within their countries.

Aiko Kikkawa Takenaka, Eric Suan

Many of Asia’s informal workers have no source of income once they become elderly. Photo: ADB

Pension extension: Bringing informal workers into the retirement social safety net

Millions of Asia’s informal workers – such as vendors, day laborers, and others – are left out of national pension systems. Here’s what we can do to help them in their later years.

Sri Wening Handayani

Looking for solutions: Countries in Asia and the Pacific are seeking improved strategies to achieve universal health coverage. Photo: ADB

The time has come for universal health coverage

Investments in universal health coverage are investments in economic growth. They play a critical role in leveraging opportunities, anticipating challenges, and delivering the knowledge, expertise, and financing countries need to achieve universal health coverage.

Patrick L. Osewe