Human Resource Environment, 2004 (1)

Country	Quality of the local education system	Overall skill level of the labour force	Overall productivity of the labour force	Cost of management staff	Availability of high quality management staff	Hi-tech proficiency	Threat of labour unrest	Average (2)
Australia	2.50	2.63	2.75	5.75	4.00	1.50	1.88	3.00
India	3.70	3.00	4.00	1.00	1.00	1.30	7.00	3.00
Singapore	2.50	2.63	2.75	5.75	4.00	1.50	1.88	3.00
United States	2.36	3.27	2.82	6.64	3.09	1.27	3.82	3.32
Taiwan	3.67	4.00	3.80	5.00	4.00	1.80	3.00	3.61
Japan	4.88	2.25	2.75	6.25	5.00	3.00	3.25	3.91
Hong Kong SAR	4.90	4.60	3.40	5.60	5.00	4.50	1.20	4.17
Malaysia	5.44	5.67	6.67	3.11	6.22	5.78	2.89	5.11
Philippines	7.13	4.47	6.87	3.13	4.07	4.93	5.60	5.17
Korea	6.67	3.33	4.83	4.53	6.00	2.33	9.00	5.24
China	5.17	6.00	6.00	4.33	7.00	6.00	4.00	5.50
Thailand	7.00	6.20	6.80	4.20	7.40	5.60	4.00	5.89
Vietnam	7.71	5.29	5.14	5.14	6.86	6.29	4.86	5.90
Indonesia	6.75	7.50	6.50	2.75	8.00	7.75	7.50	6.68

Footnotes:
Grades are on a 0 to 10 scale, with 0 representing the best grade possible and 10 the worst
1: Grades are based on the survey responses of expatriates living in each country, except for Australia and the United States, where grades are based on the surveys of nationals of each country living in Asia
2: Simple average of the seven selected categories. Seven categories, from a total of 18 assessed in the survey, are presented in the table - the average is only based on the seven categories selected for this table. Survey grades should not be taken too literally for cross-country comparative purposes. Respondents in one country, for example, China, were assessing the situation there for a particular category, whereas respondents in Malaysia were focusing only on Malaysia. There is no reason to expect respondents to have given a grade while keeping other countries in mind.

Source: Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd., www.asiarisk.com, August 2004