The Long Road Ahead: Status Report on the Implementation of the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangements on Professional Services

THE LONG ROAD AHEAD

STATUS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASEAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENTS ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Dovelyn Rannveig Mendoza and Guntur Sugiyarto

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                 The long road ahead: Status report on the implementation of the ASEAN mutual recognition arrangements on professional services.

Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2017.

1. Skill mobility.    2. Migrant workers.    3. Association of Southeast Asian Nations.    4. Economic community.    5. Mutual Recognition Arrangement.    6. Migration Policy Institute.    I. Asian Development Bank.

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Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

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