For instance, Asia-Pacific countries should develop educational systems that draw more upon “lifelong learning” systems for all which offer a more active role for learners over their lifetime than “traditional learning" systems where teachers are the source of knowledge, as such systems are less supportive of a knowledge-based economy and thus of innovation. Although mechanization and automation have not yet diminished the importance of workers in industry, some industries are vulnerable to potentially large-scale layoffs when pressures for wage increases rise. It should be pointed out that several countries have already seen socioeconomic unrest stemming from low wages, low standards of safety and security, and an overall weak implementation of labour laws and compliance with ILO conventions, all of which factors have led to an increase in labour costs.