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The Tripartite Asian and Pacific Consultative Meeting on Human Resources Development and Training is one of a series of regional meetings held to review major issues of training policy and program development in the context of globalisation and structural and technological change, to examine the changing roles of various stakeholders in human resources development (HRD) and training, and to review the policy and institutional frameworks that will assist countries to make their training policies and systems more relevant, effective and efficient. The aim of this report is to provide the basis for discussion at the meeting. It is presented in five chapters: Introduction; Globalization, industrial restructuring, new technology and changing demands for skills; HRD and training policies and programmes: recent trends and initiatives; Training in the informal sector and equity: exclusion of vulnerable groups from training and employment; Partnerships and alliances in training.