TY - JOUR
T1 - Skill Development and Regional Mobility
T2 - Lessons from the Australia-Pacific Technical College
AU - Clemens, Michael A.
AU - Graham, Colum
AU - Howes, Stephen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/11/2
Y1 - 2015/11/2
N2 - Developing countries can lose part of their investment in training skilled workers who later emigrate. One innovative response is for migrants’ destination countries to help finance skilled emigrants’ training ex ante – linking skill creation and skill mobility. We describe one such project, the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC), which has financed vocational training in five Pacific island developing countries for employment both at home and abroad – including employment in Australia. The APTC has attained its goal of skill creation, but not its goal of skill mobility. We offer explanations for this result and lessons for future policy innovation.
AB - Developing countries can lose part of their investment in training skilled workers who later emigrate. One innovative response is for migrants’ destination countries to help finance skilled emigrants’ training ex ante – linking skill creation and skill mobility. We describe one such project, the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC), which has financed vocational training in five Pacific island developing countries for employment both at home and abroad – including employment in Australia. The APTC has attained its goal of skill creation, but not its goal of skill mobility. We offer explanations for this result and lessons for future policy innovation.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2015.1028537
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2015.1028537
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 51
SP - 1502
EP - 1517
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 11
ER -