Skill Development and Regional Mobility: Lessons from the Australia-Pacific Technical College
研究了发展中国家培训技术工人后可能面临人才外流的问题，分析了澳大利亚-太平洋技术学院在五个太平洋岛国资助职业培训以促进国内外就业的项目，发现该项目实现了技能创造但未能实现技能流动的目标，并总结了政策教训。
Developing countries can lose part of their investment in training skilled workers who later emigrate. One innovative response is for migrants’ destination countries to help finance skilled emigrants’ training ex ante – linking skill creation and skill mobility. We describe one such project, the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC), which has financed vocational training in five Pacific island developing countries for employment both at home and abroad – including employment in Australia. The APTC has attained its goal of skill creation, but not its goal of skill mobility. We offer explanations for this result and lessons for future policy innovation.