Time to invest in human capital
The contemporary concept of a “nation state” revolves around a nation, community and/or society that is politically organized under a sovereign government having exclusive right of taxing its citizens within…
Rebuilding human capital [Part – III]
Sixth, revamp the higher education system and research institutes where the criteria for allocating public funds would be based on promoting emerging technologies and generation and application of knowledge to…
Rebuilding human capital [Part – I]
When countries face short-term financial crises it is natural that more deep-rooted and important issues are neglected, perpetuating the cycles of economic instability from time to time. It may appear…
Pakistan’s human capital conundrum
In 1986, the Journal of Political Economy (JPE) published a paper (‘Increasing returns and long run growth’) by a relatively unknown economist. The same person, Paul Romer, got another one…
Human Capital Report 2017
Pakistan has been ranked almost at the bottom (125) of a list of 130 that were tested against four key areas of human capital development; Capacity, largely determined by past…
The importance of human capital
Pakistan has shown a significant decline in poverty, from 50.4 percent in 2005-06 to 24.3 percent in 2015-16, both at the regional and national levels. However, despite the significant decline…
The human capital agenda
As the country gears up for the 2018 general election, it is important to examine where and how human capital development features in party manifestoes. Human capital development is being…
The human capital debacle
The Population Association of Pakistan, in collaboration with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), organised a two-day conference with the theme, ‘Population: New Realities and Challenges for Human…
Human capital fallout
There has been extensive reporting on the shortage of food, the incidence of disease and the state of schools since the July 2010 floods. Most of the country is also…
Bangladesh’s human capital
Just 1.8 percent has been allocated for education in the federal budget for 2012-13. There is uproar over how a population of 180 million can be serviced with this percentage.…
