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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Jakarta 2017
Subjects:	SOCIETY MIGRANTS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROWTH FINANCE POLICY LABOR MARKET FEMALE LABOR FORCE MIGRATION MIGRANT WORKERS REMITTANCES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946351511861382947/Indonesia-s-global-workers-juggling-opportunities-and-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28937

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spelling	okr-10986-289372021-06-18T09:02:30Z Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks World Bank SOCIETY MIGRANTS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROWTH FINANCE POLICY LABOR MARKET FEMALE LABOR FORCE MIGRATION MIGRANT WORKERS REMITTANCES 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 2017-12-04T22:43:26Z 2017-12-04T22:43:26Z 2017-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946351511861382947/Indonesia-s-global-workers-juggling-opportunities-and-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28937 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Jakarta Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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description	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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title	Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks
title_short	Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks
title_full	Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks
title_fullStr	Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks
title_full_unstemmed	Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks
title_sort	indonesia’s global workers : juggling opportunities and risks
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publishDate	2017
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Indonesia’s Global Workers : Juggling Opportunities and Risks

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