Education, Human Capital and Development

ISBN 10: 1620817608 / ISBN 13: 9781620817605

Editore: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2012

pp. 187 Index. Codice articolo 2637464416

Riassunto:

This book is the seventh title in the series Readings in World Development, edited by Kartik C Roy. In this volume he is joined by co-editors Michael A Roberts, Academic Director at AIS St Helens, Auckland, New Zealand, and Ershad Ali, Director of the Centre for Research in International Education at the same institution. Many developing nations are poor in mineral wealth, other natural resources and in financial investment infrastructure. Their most valuable resource is a large labour force -- their population. Unfortunately, because of limited economic and technical ability, they are unable to engage their labour force in productive activity. Human capital is the ability of their population to engage in productive activity. Education can be considered as an investment in increasing the efficiency of human capital in much the same way that cultivation and fertiliser add to the effectiveness of land use. It adds value to the human capital of a nation, enabling it to be more efficient and effective in producing national wealth.

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Titolo: Education, Human Capital and Development
Casa editrice: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New