ADB-MPI Series on Mobility of Highly Skilled in ASEAN Concludes with Report Assessing How Mutual Recognition Arrangements Are Functioning

WASHINGTON — Beginning in 2005, Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began signing agreements to speed the mutual recognition of professional and academic qualifications in a number of occupations across the 10-country bloc. While mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) have been signed in seven occupations and progress is being made toward an eighth, full implementation has yet to be realized.