ECONOMISTS SAY INDONESIA MUST UPSKILL TO MAKE THE MOST OF ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
August 1st, 2017
THE ONGOING economic integration of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) block is creating potential opportunities for Indonesia’s workforce, but thy may not have skills to take advantage without proactive vocational training programmes, economists have warned.
“Qualification mismatch is still a significant issue for young people in Indonesia today,” Emma Allen, Jakarta-based country economist for the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB), told People Management.
She said the anticipated growth caused by the 2015 launch of the ASEAN ...
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