Over the next two decades, Africa will become the central focus of international development cooperation as the continent confronts a swath of challenges, from kickstarting economic growth and creating enough jobs for a huge, vibrant generation of young people to preparing for the next pandemic and the threat of a warming planet. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic will only heighten the stakes. From our very first research project working with Nigeria’s then-finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lay out a plan to reduce Nigeria’s debt stock by $30 billion to exploring how CGD’s Global Skills Partnership model could boost the number of skilled professionals on the continent and in Europe, African development issues have always been at the center of CGD’s research agenda. Today, we’re carrying out research and analysis of issues from infrastructure investment, migration and labor mobility, financing and debt, jobs and growth in the shadow of rapid technological change, an
Two new labor agreements that will pave the way for m ore Filipino skilled workers in Germany are now being negotiated by the Philippine government, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) disclosed on Monday, April 18. Lanor Sec. Silvestre Bello III said that two labor agreements will not o
MANILA - Two new labor agreements that will open doors for Filipino workers are being discussed by the governments of the Philippines and Germany, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Monday. In a statement, Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the two nations are currently negotiating the possibility of recruiting more Filipino healthcare professionals and the deployment of 31 other skills and professions. The identified pilot sectors are hotel service, electrical engineering and mechanics, sanitation, heating and air conditioning, and childcare. He is optimistic that the labor agreements will soon be finalized. "We are hopeful that the two agreements could come to fruition within the term of President Duterte and mark a significant milestone in the history of Philippine-German bilateral relations," Bello said. At present, the country deploys Filipino nurses to Germany under the Triple Win Program. "Since 2013, we have deployed around 1,811 nurses un
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