Is exporting highly-educated labor sound policy? In this presentation first given at the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Neil Ruiz, Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution, examines the role of ‘Labor Export’ in Philippine development policy.
Neil Ruiz
Senior Policy Analyst and Associate Fellow - The Brookings Institution
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