Strategy to Address Dependence on Foreign Workers, Labour Market Demands

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Strategy to Address Dependence on Foreign Workers, Labour Market Demands
The prime minister of Malaysia announced his governmentʹs ʺimmediate focus would be to enhance skills development and improve the quality of education.ʺ By ʺthe constant upgrading of skills of the countryʹs workforceʺ he hoped to improve the countryʹs ʺglobal competitiveness and raise average incomes of workers.8 The long-run benefit of enhancing ʺskill development and improve. educationʺ is to

• A) smooth the growth of labor productivity.
• B) improve property rights.
• C) increase labor supply.
• D) speed economic growth.

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