Skills of overseas Pakistani workers remain unrecognized
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Skills of overseas Pakistani workers remain unrecognized
During the early months of the COVID-19 global pandemic, almost 94,000 migrant workers were forced to return home, not knowing when the crisis would end or when they would return to their jobs.
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Each year, millions of Pakistani workers travel afar to work as masons, plumbers, carpenters, drivers, gardeners, cleaners and vendors. Almost all leave these shores without any formal recognition of their skills or experience. To make matters worse, they return home - as many did in April/May of 2020 - without any further recognition of the considerable skills and experiences acquired overseas. This not only leaves them unable to get good jobs in Pakistan but also leaves the country unable to capitalise on this pool of skilled human capital.
The government of Pakistan’s future work should explore the policy tools that can be leveraged to increase total remittances and how remittances can be better utilized to create investment and growth in Pakistan According to the Pakistan Remittance Imitative (PRI) following is the Pakistani foreign worker remittances trends shows gradual increase in past years.
Migration is a key defining feature of country’s economy, with tens of millions seeking overseas job opportunities over the past 50 years. The theme for International Migrants Day this year was ‘reimagining the future of mobility.’ The future of mobility for migrant workers must be envisioned better.
This migrant workforce has the potential to make significant contributions to Pakistan’s economic development by investing their hard-earned savings in the country, as well as monetising human and social capital acquired abroad, such as new skills and competencies. However, without any recognition of their improved skills or any formal certification – even after several years of good international work experience – many remain stuck with low wages, in low-skilled jobs with and low status.
A recent International Organization for Migration (IOM) study found that 60 per cent of migrant workers who have recently returned home, expressed a desire to upgrade and seek recognition of their newly acquired skills. In fact, 75% said that once overseas working opportunities resumed, they would prefer to work in a country where their skills would be justly recognized and rewarded. www.oec.gov.pk www.pri.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PRI-Brief-Oct-2019-1.pdf
Skills of overseas Pakistani workers remain unrecognized
During the early months of the COVID-19 global pandemic, almost 94,000 migrant workers were forced to return home, not knowing when the crisis would end or when they would return to their jobs.
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LATEST EVENT
Each year, millions of Pakistani workers travel afar to work as masons, plumbers, carpenters, drivers, gardeners, cleaners and vendors. Almost all leave these shores without any formal recognition of their skills or experience. To make matters worse, they return home - as many did in April/May of 2020 - without any further recognition of the considerable skills and experiences acquired overseas. This not only leaves them unable to get good jobs in Pakistan but also leaves the country unable to capitalise on this pool of skilled human capital.
The government of Pakistan’s future work should explore the policy tools that can be leveraged to increase total remittances and how remittances can be better utilized to create investment and growth in Pakistan According to the Pakistan Remittance Imitative (PRI) following is the Pakistani foreign worker remittances trends shows gradual increase in past years.
Migration is a key defining feature of country’s economy, with tens of millions seeking overseas job opportunities over the past 50 years. The theme for International Migrants Day this year was ‘reimagining the future of mobility.’ The future of mobility for migrant workers must be envisioned better.
This migrant workforce has the potential to make significant contributions to Pakistan’s economic development by investing their hard-earned savings in the country, as well as monetising human and social capital acquired abroad, such as new skills and competencies. However, without any recognition of their improved skills or any formal certification – even after several years of good international work experience – many remain stuck with low wages, in low-skilled jobs with and low status.
A recent International Organization for Migration (IOM) study found that 60 per cent of migrant workers who have recently returned home, expressed a desire to upgrade and seek recognition of https://oec.gov.pk/ http://www.pri.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PRI-Brief-Oct-2019-1.pdf their newly acquired skills. In fact, 75% said that once overseas working opportunities resumed, they would prefer to work in a country where their skills would be justly recognised and rewarded.
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