the chapter concludes with policy concerns and recommendations job creation does not respond to the same strategies everywhere and usually those places with little technological absorption and innovation capacity will have fewer opportunities for recovery the role of policy is therefore crucial to facilitate and accelerate sustainable pathways for local recovery this chapter discusses key issues for the recovery and illustrates with local initiatives how this recovery is being driven in the asian region a difficult task as global impacts affect both the private and the public sector and in many cases local institutions and stakeholders do not have the capacity or knowledge to propose policies and programmes for effective management of global issues such as the recent financial crisis or the impact of climate change demographic change and ageing of societies however several elements are within the reach of public policy i fostering the dynamics between skills and employment creating jobs through enterprise and infrastructure development and developing social protection schemes