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Social Aspects of Asian Economic Growth - Human capital and the people side of progress (Hardcover)
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There are, in simple terms, three principal kinds of capital that
come necessarily into play when a society is evolving towards
improving the lives, livelihoods, and qualities of life of its
people. The first form of capital is financial - this normally
includes physical forms of invested money in plant, buildings, and
infrastructure. The second form of capital is human - seen simply
as the level and range of skills and capabilities that are
available for use in the society. When people are literate,
numerate, skilled, experienced, informed, cooperative, and
inquisitive, they and their societies can do much more. The third
form of capital is social. Here cooperativeness shows its effects,
and the rules of how that works vary greatly between societies. It
is the second of these elements, human capital, that is the main
focus of this book, but it overlaps with social capital extensively
in these accounts and can only be understood in terms of its
connections into the wider societal system. The varying patterns of
its workings and influence in different Asian contexts are
explained against the background of a theory of societal progress.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Asia
Pacific Business Review.
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