Sequencing policies and labour market interventions – Member States of ASEAN differ in
many respects – in terms of levels of development,
demographic transitions and political systems. In
particular there are sizeable disparities between
the CLMV and the ASEAN-6 countries. The
appropriate policy mix will therefore depend on
the specific needs of each country. Furthermore,
there will need to be sequencing between shortterm priorities related to integration, job losses and enterprise sustainability and longer-term
needs of building better labour market institutions. For the CLMV countries creating better
jobs will mean increasing labour productivity
in agriculture while other ASEAN Member
States will aim to enhance labour productivity
in services.