04860nam 2200601 a 450 991081511910332120200520144314.092-2-121695-0(CKB)2670000000018827(EBL)529944(OCoLC)635291263(SSID)ssj0000673693(PQKBManifestationID)11417176(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000673693(PQKBWorkID)10645100(PQKB)10418779(MiAaPQ)EBC529944(Au-PeEL)EBL529944(CaPaEBR)ebr10512069(EXLCZ)99267000000001882720111212d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLabour and social trends in ASEAN 2008[electronic resource] driving competitiveness and prosperity with decent workGeneva International Labour Organization, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific20081 online resource (124 p.)Description based upon print version of record.92-2-121694-2 Includes bibliographical references.Foreword; 1. Overview; 1.1 Recent labour market trends; 1.2 Looking ahead to 2015; 1.3 Report structure and data sources; 2. Labour market update 2007-2008; 2.1 Recent labour market performance; 2.2 Soaring inflation and its labour market impact; 2.3 Employment outlook; 2.4 Policy priorities; 3. Productivity and competitiveness: Recent trends and future challenges; 3.1 ASEAN's competitiveness: Key issues and trends; 3.2 Linkages between productivity and competitiveness; 3.3 Labour productivity trends in ASEAN; 3.4 Emerging challenges reflect the need to invest in productivity4. Drivers of productivity growth 4.1 The changing structure of employment in ASEAN; 4.2 The relationship between employment shifts and labour productivity; 4.3 Two key drivers of future productivity growth in ASEAN; 4.4 Policies for economically and socially sustainable productivity growth; 5. Workforce quality, skills shortages and enterprise competitiveness; 5.1 Workforce quality and competitiveness; 5.2 Education quality raises concerns about labour market outcomes; 5.3 The challenge of skills shortages; 5.4 Policy options to enhance workforce quality and address skills shortages6. Managing the region's human resources for mutual benefit 6.1 Labour migration trends; 6.2 The contribution of migrant workers to competitiveness, growth and development; 6.3 Managing migration for economic growth and equitable development: Key challenges; 7. Looking ahead to 2015; 7.1 Demographic structure and labour force growth; 7.2 Productivity and economic g; 7.3 Structure of employment, vulnerability and the working poor; 8. Recommendations; Annex; I. ILO Workplace Practices Survey; II. Statistical Annex; Box 1.1 Main data sourcesBox 2.1 Examples of policy responses to rising food prices Box 3.1 The competitive challenge posed by China and India; Box 3.2 New Zealand national workplace productivity programme; Box 4.1 The ASEAN Policy Blueprint for SME Development 2004-2014; Box 5.1 Meeting demand for engineers in Thailand; Box 5.2 Tripartite approaches to skills development and training in Singapore; Box 6.1 The ILO/MEF Workplace Practices Survey: Data on foreign workers in Malaysia; Box 6.2 Development and harmonization of national qualifications frameworks in ASEANFigure 3.1 Output per worker in ASEAN, China and India, 1990-2 Figure 4.1 Employment by sector, 2000-2006 (%); Figure 4.2 Labour productivity (2007) and vulnerable employment (most recent year); Figure 5.1 Staff shortages as a constraint, South-East Asia (%); Figure 6.1 Foreign workers by sector of employment, most recent year (%); Figure 6.2 Main reasons for employing foreign production workers (%); Figure 7.1 Projected labour force growth in ASEAN, 2007-2015 (%); Table 2.1 GDP growth (2006-2008) and employment growth (2006-2007)in selected ASEAN Member CountriesTable 2.2 Employment growth by sector (2006-2007) and employment by sector (2007) in ASEANThis report looks at some of the most important current labour and social trends in the ten ASEAN Member Countries and analyses the key factors that underpin long-term competitiveness and productivity.Labor marketSoutheast AsiaLabor productivitySoutheast AsiaLabor mobilitySoutheast AsiaLabor marketLabor productivityLabor mobility331.12MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815119103321Labour and social trends in ASEAN 20084070427UNINA