Pacific Possible: labour mobility
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Labour mobility has been an important force for economic development in the Pacific region. Both labour-receiving and sending countries depend on migrant workers and remittances. They help fill employment gaps, reduce poverty and support macroeconomic stability. Migrant workers also benefit from gainful employment and higher income. However, opportunities to migrate are both restricted and unevenly distributed across the Pacific. Whilst Tonga and Samoa are amongst the highest per capita recipients of remittances globally, other countries, such as the atoll nations worst affected by climate change, have limited outlets.
What could be possible by 2040 if the potential of labour mobility were to be fully realised? What actions can sending and receiving countries take to make this a reality? The new joint ANU-World Bank report Pacific Possible: Labour Mobility answers these questions. It sets out a road map for a Pacific labour mobility revolution, detailing what both sending and receiving countries need to do. And it quantifies the massive gains that these reforms would bring about for sending countries.
Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific will launch the report. Authors of the background paper will present their findings, followed by a panel discussion.
This paper is part of the Pacific Possible series – researching long-term, transformative opportunities for Pacific Island countries.
This forum is presented by the Development Policy Centre at Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
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