A unified Northern Nigeria Human Capital Blueprint is needed to fast-track human capital development across the region, ...

By Buertey Francis BORYORThe National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), in collaboration with the Design and Technology ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima, Northern governors, development partners, traditional rulers, private sector representatives, academics and civil society stakeholders have called for renewed ...

The Human Capital Trust Fund was launched in 2019 with generous support from the Gates Foundation and the Government of Canada. The Trust Fund helps countries to invest in people through a ...

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 ...

Human capital development refers to investment in education, training and health to enhance individuals’ productivity and earnings potential. Income inequality captures disparities in earnings and ...

In the modern era of technological and economic competitiveness, people—and more specifically, their knowledge, skills, education, motivations, and wellbeing—are arguably the most important national ...

The state of human capital development in Nigeria is not merely a measure of development performance. It is a reflection of ...

For several years now, workplace and employer-funded training have been viewed as an expanding frontier in education with ready-made funding, motivated learners and an army of eager program providers ...

This misallocation of national priority is not merely a policy failure; it is a philosophical error of the first order.

Investing in human capital can assist in achieving technological innovations, while the spatial spillover effects of human capital on urban innovation in urban agglomeration are largely ignored. Using ...

DUSHANBE, May 15, 2024 – The World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Healthcare and Social ...