Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks
International labor migration is an important sector of the Indonesian economy in its own right, requiring commensurate efforts to improve its professionalism as a sector and instill modernization across its various components to maximize its poten...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Jakarta
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946351511861382947/Indonesia-s-global-workers-juggling-opportunities-and-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28937 |
| Summary: | International labor migration is an
important sector of the Indonesian economy in its own right,
requiring commensurate efforts to improve its
professionalism as a sector and instill modernization across
its various components to maximize its potential for the
benefit of all stakeholders.This report aims to point
towards the best policy mix for Indonesia’s various
international migrant worker groups who face widely
differing risks and gain diverse economic benefits from
migration. Following introduction, Section 2 of the report
looks at the major profiles of Indonesian migrant workers
and their reasons for migrating. Section 3 focuses on the
discussion about female domestic workers. Section 4 delves
into the issue of undocumented migration, including the
government’s efforts to encourage documented migration.
Section 5 then looks as how best to sustain the benefits of
migration, with particular reference to a third profile of
migrant workers, namely those who work in the more developed
countries of East Asia and who generally earn the highest
wages. Finally, Section 6 rounds off the report with broad
policy recommendations |
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