From India to the Gulf region
Subtitle: exploring links between labour markets, skills and the migration cycle
By: S.K. Sasikumar, Rakkee Thimothy
Contributors: Thimothy, Rakkee, author; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. Country Office Nepal
Publisher: GDC Country Office Nepal, GIZ
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kahmandu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9789221299394; 9789221299400
Subjects: Labor market; East Indian Foreign workers; Foreign worker certification; Skilled labor; Training of; Migrant labor
Description: Despite the substantial benefits generated by the migration flow between India-GCC migration flow, many challenges remain to ensure a fairer distribution of the profits. Much has been written on the abuses of migrant workers throughout the migration cycle, but less is known about labour demand, its relationship to skills and the impact of the recruitment process on these aspects. Lack of information regarding qualifications, skills, wages and how demand will evolve inhibits informed decision-making by public and private institutions as well as by migrant workers. This results in lost opportunities or mistakes with training investment in both source and recipient countries. Additionally, there is no system of mutual recognition of educational attainment and acquired skills based on comparable standards for low-skilled or semi-skilled occupations. This report addresses some of these issues, with a special focus on the role of skills in India, including skills training, certification, skills matching and recruitment practices. The report is a complement to Labour Market Trends Analysis and Labour Migration from South Asia to Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, Malaysia and India published in June 2015 by the GIZ and the ILO.
Notes: Publisher location misspelled on source.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46).

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