Continued economic progress hinges on the ability of societies to adjust, adapt and encourage inclusiveness. The ability of workers to move from lower to higher-productivity jobs, and from declining sectors to rising ones, is the essential mechanism by which trade and technological progress increase overall economic efficiency, promote development and improve living standards. Although total labour market adjustment costs are often disproportionally borne by certain groups or communities, in the form of declining incomes or job losses. The fact that some countries seem to be adapting to technological change and globalization better than others, by reducing obstacles to labour mobility in particular, and by more equitably and actively sharing the costs and benefits of change more broadly, suggests that government policy can play an important role in helping economics and societies to adjust to a changing world.