Policy & Advocacy

• Migration: Leveraging Human Capital in the East Asia and Pacific Region. The World Bank Group, published in 2025. (A Companion Piece to the World Development Report 2023 : Migrants, Refugees, and Society)

Migration in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is growing in importance, shaped both by workers seeking opportunities abroad and by governments implementing policies to meet skills needs and stimulate economic growth. Most migrants in the region are economic migrants, voluntarily moving abroad in pursuit of opportunities. The region’s diversity, encompassing varying income levels, demographic structures, and types and amounts of human capital formation, is a driver of migration within the region (intraregional migration), especially for low-skilled workers. Rapidly aging populations in the region are accelerating this movement, with traditionally closed but aging countries like Japan and Korea increasingly easing visa restrictions and expanding labor migration quotas to address labor shortages. Origin countries are responding to this demand by creating official channels for their workers to pursue opportunities abroad. Such economic migration offers benefits for migrants and the countries involved, though challenges remain such as irregular migration and weak labor protections in destination countries. Governments also continue to grapple with the distributional impacts of migration and their political consequences, both in origin and destination countries. These opportunities and challenges underscore the need for policies that enhance the net gains of migration, and foster policy coordination and partnerships between origin and destination countries. 

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