Essays about: "human capital development and economic growth"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 67 essays containing the words human capital development and economic growth.

  1. 21. Sub-Saharan Africa and the 4th Industrial Revolution Technological Leapfrogging as a Strategy to enhance Economic Growth?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ann-Kristin Gross; [2019]
    Keywords : 4th Industrial Revolution; Sub-Saharan Africa; Economic Growth; East Asian Miracle; Technological Leapfrogging; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The 4th Industrial Revolution provides a window of opportunity for the developing world and in particular, Sub-Saharan Africa to catch-up in terms of social and economic development by enhancing growth through technological advances. At the same time, it bears the risk for Sub-Saharan Africa to fall even further behind if technological advances cannot be absorbed into the region’s economies. READ MORE

  2. 22. Social investment as a strategy to achieve Sustainable Development Goals : a critical assessment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Will Horsfield; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development Goals; social investment; 2030 Agenda; human capital; sustainability;

    Abstract : This paper assesses the relevance of social investment in relation to the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), targets, and indicators. The research question is: How could social investment support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals? The thesis conceptualises social investment, sustainable development, and sustainability, before turning to the issue of how social investment could enhance its impact by focusing on areas of policy that it has not considered typically. READ MORE

  3. 23. Skilled Emigration and its Impact on Economic Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mia Hoffmann; [2018]
    Keywords : Brain Drain; migration; growth; human capital; development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the impact of skilled emigration on the economic development of sending countries. Specifically, our study is concerned with how feedback effects of brain drain may mitigate some of the loss incurred from the outflow of talent. READ MORE

  4. 24. The Relationship between Human Capital and Economic Growth in Developing Countries : A Study and Analysis on Developing Countries

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Surya Bahadur Khatri Chhetri; [2017]
    Keywords : Economic growth; growth rate; GDP capita; population growth; human and social capital; technology development and developing countries;

    Abstract : Abstract The purpose of the thesis has been to investigate the relation between human capital and economic growth in developing countries around the world. The main research question is how the human capital impact on the economic growth in developing countries during the period of 2010 -2015. READ MORE

  5. 25. Charging the Void : (Perception Odd Logic)

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Stina Ahlqvist; [2017]
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    Abstract : As a concern for how new city developments invest in commercial public space of economic activity rather than cultural activity and inclusion, part of a global trend and also the case of Umeå’s ambition to reach the population growth of 200 000 inhabitants by the year of 2050. The question to be asked in this regard is what kind of effect does this produce on the way we as local inhabitants can take control and be part of the creation of our own living environment? Or are we just victims of a life consumed by slow decay due to the capital dominance? In relation to this main concern, the project has been developing through the aspect of acknowledging inferior space and abandoned objects as a method and typology to analyze alternative ways to perceive the city off based the logic of clear function and use, but in terms of human interaction and subjective perception of space. READ MORE