Skilling Asia

Asia, with a population of over 4 billion, accounts for approximately 56% of the world’s population. With an average age of 29 years, about 64% of the total population comprises the working age group in the continent (United Nations 2011). South Asia, especially as defined by the World Bank, will add 1 to 1.2m new entrants to the labor force every year for the next 20 years, and be a source of about 40% of the new entrants to the world’s working age population.