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Job Matching Platforms for International Migration and Mobility in OECD Countries

19 January 2017
International job matching platforms help both employers and candidates. It increases the pool of workers for employers and provides vacancy information to prospective candidates. It may also improve occupational match for work, leading to better integration outcomes. This presentation shares…

Managing Labour Migration: Technology Workers

19 January 2017
Global and local trends highly influence labour migration. Countries take different approaches and initiatives, leading to frequent changes and restrictions. This presentation shares the staregies and policies implemented in countries such as Singapore and Australia in hiring local and foreign…

The Impact of Financial Inclusion and Financial Sector Development on Formal Remittances

19 January 2017
Remittance is an important economic resource. It is a catalyst of financial inclusion for it enables more users to access channels to financial services. Frequent access to financial services can help users save, invest, and plan their financial future. This in turn, can foster economic…

Using Technology to Increase Returns to Labor and Remittances

19 January 2017
Technology can be used in several ways to improve the remittance process. It can be used to decrease costs by using systems that make the remittance process more efficient. It can be used to save time through remote registration. It can also be tapped to encourage use of formal banking services,…

Current Trends, Risks, and Challenges in Global IT Mobility

19 January 2017
Immigration policies in most countries around the world have toughened up. Some have set up barriers that affect IT workers in particular. These barriers were set up due to concerns about the influx of workers from abroad and the employment of local workers. These and other factors have led host…

Factors Shaping the Flows and Policies for Technology Workers

19 January 2017
Many factors affect policies on migration and technology workers. These include the uneven development among countries and the demographic and economic shifts that increase or decrease demand for technology workers. These factors can be seen in the case of India, a developing country which…

Factors Shaping the Flows and Policies for Technology Workers

19 January 2017
Many factors affect policies on migration and technology workers. These include the uneven development among countries and the demographic and economic shifts that increase or decrease demand for technology workers. India is an example that shows how these factors affect technology workers. It is…

Promoting Low-cost Formal Remittance Channels and Financial Literacy

18 January 2017
In the Philippines, remittances have become very important, given the increasing number of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and the amount they regularly send back to the country. In 2015, official data show that they sent $25.6 million cash remittances, which is about 10% of the country's gross…

Research and Development Activities in Thailand: Survey of Firm-Level Data Analyses

9 January 2017
Considering both external and internal factors to determine a firm’s performance is a way to carry out empirical studies using firm-level data. In this presentation, various models are used to analyze the research and development behavior of firms in Thailand.

Medicine e-Procurement in Indonesia

19 December 2016
Can Indonesia's e-procurement system assure an adequate supply of medicine and other healthcare needs? Will the system improve the delivery of vital public health services? ADB Health Specialist Sean Donato presented on the implementation of Indonesia's e-procurement systems for medicines and other…