Pakistan ranks 164th in the world in terms of its investment in education and health care as the measurement of its commitment to economic growth, according to the first-ever scientific study ranking countries for their levels of human capital. Pakistan …
Read More »Developing human capital: solution to the economic woes of Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan while speaking at the launching ceremony of the ‘Pakistan Banao Certificate’ talked about the poor state of the economy and urged the eight million overseas Pakistanis to help strengthen the economy of Pakistan through their contribution. …
Read More »Investment in human capital long-term growth path for Pakistan
Human capital development inevitable for manpower export and remittances With the contribution of human capital in total wealth growing globally, the creation of a skilled labor force that is more productive and better able to adopt and adapt to new …
Read More »Time to make road map to take lead in human development
Pakistan is yet to make significant attainments in the human development index (HDI), which focuses on measurable dimensions of human development such as living a long and healthy life, being educated and having a decent standard of living. Thus, HDI …
Read More »Investment in education and health necessary for human capital development
With the contribution of human capital in total wealth growing globally, the creation of a skilled labor force that is more productive and better able to adopt and adapt to new technologies is at the core of a long-term growth …
Read More »Declare education emergency to develop human capital
World Economic Forum’s Human Capital Report 2017 reveals that 62 per cent of human capital has now been developed globally and only 25 nations have been able to tap about 70 percent of their human capital. While most countries vary …
Read More »Human capital development through entrepreneurship and innovation
Pakistan is currently passing through a demographic transition, which has resulted in a ‘youth bulge’ (63% of our population comprising of youth, 69 million aged below 15) and an increase in the working-age population as a share of the total …
Read More »Human Capital Development indispensable for achieving accelerated economic growth rate
Despite all out efforts of developing countries to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and now sustaining what has been achieved so far through strategy spelled out by world communities assembled in New York in 2016, poverty continue to persist and …
Read More »Human capital needs to pick up on modern lines as education and health sectors lack attention
Providing skills to downtrodden under CSR remain insufficient Leap forward measures must be taken to improve vocational training for sustainable development Interview with Muhammad Khalid – an analyst PAGE had an exclusive conversation with him. Excerpts are: Human capital of …
Read More »More engineering, agriculture universities will help grow human capital; CSR understandings worthless
Interview with Mr Farooq Dadi — Revenue Analyst PAGE: How would you comment on the human capital of Pakistan? FAROOQ DADI: We have hardly invested on our human capital. We need to build universities (mainly engineering and agricultural) because this will …
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