Human Capital in Developing Countries: Common Challenges and the Path Forward
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Keywords
Human capital and developing countries; low literacy and education levels; insufficient healthcare; high unemployment and underemployment; brain drain.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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