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Challenges and Opportunities for Skills Development in Asia: Changing Supply, Demand, and Mismatches

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  • Sungsup Ra
  • Brian Chin
  • Amy Liu

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This report identifies six key shifts and trends that have had critical implications on either skills supply and/or skills demand in Asia, thereby straining the previous alignment in this regard.

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  • Sungsup Ra & Brian Chin & Amy Liu, 2017. "Challenges and Opportunities for Skills Development in Asia: Changing Supply, Demand, and Mismatches," Working Papers id:11838, eSocialSciences.
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