EPISODE · May 5, 2020 · 1H 29M
2020 Australasian AID Conference - Keynote panel: Labour mobility
from Devpolicy Talks · host Dr Matthew Dornan, Dr Ryan Edwards, Danielle Heinecke, Farah Hani
The welfare gains from increasing cross-border labour mobility are likely to be several times larger than those from complete trade liberalisation, offering significant benefits to migrants, receiving, and sending countries. This panel outlines the case for international labour mobility, summarises the lessons learned from the first year of Australia’s new Pacific Labour Scheme, and provides an overview and initial assessment of recent recruitment reforms in Papua New Guinea.Panellists:Farah Hani, Senior Policy Analyst, Labor Mobility Partnerships team, Center for Global Development>> view presentation slidesDanielle Heinecke, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Operations and Development, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Dr Matthew Dornan, Senior Economist, World Bank>> view presentation slidesChair:Dr Ryan Edwards, Senior Policy Fellow, Development Policy Centre, The Australian National University Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org.Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram for latest updates on our blogs, research and events.You can send us feedback, and ideas for episodes too, to [email protected].
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This panel event at the 2020 Australasian AID Conference outlines the case for international labour mobility, looks at the progress and lessons learned from Australia’s new Pacific Labour Scheme, and provides an overview and initial assessment of labour mobility reforms in Papua New Guinea.
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