[24] Making progress in this area comes down primarily to education, but labour market reforms, such as lifelong learning schemes and removing labour market dualities, could also make an important contribution – for instance, by providing greater opportunities for both younger and mature workers to gain experience and access training, both of which help raise their individual productivity.
If we can resist protectionist pressures in our societies in the financial arena as well as in the BIS Review 94/1997  -3-  interchange of goods and services, we can look forward to the benefits of the international division of labor on a much larger scale in the 21st century.