The growth and development of Third World economies are usually hampered, largely, by the extractive nature of their productive bases. This developmental challenge is quite rife in the African ...

Twenty years ago, something happened when Pablo Peña sat in Prof. Gary Becker’s doctoral-level course at the University of Chicago. As the economist lectured on human capital theory, a concept he’d ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Solange Charas covers the intersection of governance, HR, and finance. Oct 01, 2024, 01:53pm EDT In today’s business landscape, ...

At the 2023 Annual Meetings Human Capital Ministerial Conclave, 33 countries from the World Bank’s Human Capital Network considered how to connect people to good jobs and how to empower entrepreneurs ...

What is needed for poor countries to catch up with rich ones? This paper first documents the role of human capital, physical capital, and financial development in convergence in manufacturing labor ...

Human capital management (HCM) is the process an organization uses to recruit, manage, develop or optimize employees to improve workforce productivity. It involves hiring the right employees, aligning ...

This video highlights the fact that even though Sub-Saharan Africa countries have grown economically over the last 30 years, this has not been enough to translate into rapid per capita income growth.

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Friday insisted that human capital as well as the expected national development will continue to elude Nigeria and other countries of the world until durable ...