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Asia-Pacific Social Outlook 2022: Strategies For Building A Healthy, Protected And Productive Workforce In Asia And The Pacific

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  • Selahattin Selsah Pasali

    (Social Development Division, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations)

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The present paper gives an assessment of the challenges faced by the workforce in Asia and the Pacific and how they can be overcome. For this assessment, the impact of global megatrends, such as climate change, digitalization and rapid ageing, is anticipated, and a multisectoral approach required to build the workforce to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific is laid out. This approach is based on measures to improve access to decent work and extend universal social protection and universal health coverage, and concrete recommendations are provided to guide policy implementation.

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  • Selahattin Selsah Pasali, 2022. "Asia-Pacific Social Outlook 2022: Strategies For Building A Healthy, Protected And Productive Workforce In Asia And The Pacific," Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), vol. 29(2), pages 1-17, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:unt:japsdj:v:29:y:2022:i:2:p:1-17
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    Keywords

    decent employment; universal social protection; universal health coverage; active labour market policies; rapid ageing; climate change; green transition; digitalization;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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