This policy brief, “Labour Migration to Taiwan: Leveraging Responsible Recruitment for Sustainable Development,” outlines the important contributions that migrant workers in Taiwan make to sustainable development outcomes in their countries of origin via remittances and also addresses the associated loss or delay of positive development outcome due to Taiwan’s flawed labour recruitment system.
Sustainable development is fundamentally about people’s ability to thrive: lead a long and healthy life, have access to education, and a decent standard of living.
This policy brief concludes that the Employer Pays Principle where “no worker should pay for a job [where] the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer” must take root in Taiwan to enable the flourishing of sustainable development.
