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Emerging Markets: Skills

Narrowing pay gaps curb offshoring trend; Russia vying to be a major destination for foreign students; state support drives Belarus’ IT success; India ramps up legal training for graduates; Mexico boosts job apprenticeship scheme; Africa’s IT skills dilemma; crypto scam exposes gaps in financial literacy

Echoes of the cold war as Russia boosts number of foreign students
Moscow aims to double university intake from overseas to boost skills and build ties
Funding and stability are key to IT growth in Belarus
Women’s health app Flo shows the potential of the brainboxes at Minsk’s Hi Tech Park
Legal tuition struggles to keep pace in India and beyond
Too many law schools fail to cover broader skills such as leadership and accounting
Mexico pushes state-backed training to aid unemployed
President’s flagship scheme to tackle joblessness among the young is under scrutiny
Growth of tech hubs masks Africa’s IT skills dilemma
Access to digital training provides only a partial solution to boosting job opportunities
Offshoring slows as wages rise in some emerging economies
Narrowing pay gaps are reducing competitive advantage for traditional destinations

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