Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia

Human capital – the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives and that enable them to realize their potential as productive members of society – is an important contributor to the wealth of all nations regardless of their income status. A child born in Armenia today w...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:Armenian
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540121597679380923/Survive-Learn-Thrive-Strategic-Human-Capital-Investments-toward-a-more-Prosperous-and-Inclusive-Armenia
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spelling okr-10986-345122021-05-25T09:54:37Z Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia World Bank HUMAN CAPITAL MATERNAL HEALTH CHILD HEALTH PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING SOCIAL PROTECTION EDUCATION QUALITY LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION STATE INTERVENTION TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE Human capital – the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives and that enable them to realize their potential as productive members of society – is an important contributor to the wealth of all nations regardless of their income status. A child born in Armenia today will be 57 percent as productive when she grows up as she could be if she received a full education and was completely healthy. This reflects the existence in Armenia of deficiencies in its schooling, student performance on harmonized tests, and the protection from non-fatal health risks that it provides beyond childhood. These gaps in human capital formation have negative implications for the economy. The 2013-2014 National Competitiveness Report of Armenia highlighted that insufficient human capital is a binding constraint to the country’s growth. If Armenia ensured full education and complete health in the long run, the per capita Gross Domestic Product could be 1.75 times higher. 2020-09-25T15:28:59Z 2020-09-25T15:28:59Z 2020-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540121597679380923/Survive-Learn-Thrive-Strategic-Human-Capital-Investments-toward-a-more-Prosperous-and-Inclusive-Armenia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34512 Armenian CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study Europe and Central Asia Armenia
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topic HUMAN CAPITAL
MATERNAL HEALTH
CHILD HEALTH
PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING
SOCIAL PROTECTION
EDUCATION QUALITY
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
STATE INTERVENTION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
spellingShingle HUMAN CAPITAL
MATERNAL HEALTH
CHILD HEALTH
PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING
SOCIAL PROTECTION
EDUCATION QUALITY
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
STATE INTERVENTION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
World Bank
Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia
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description Human capital – the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives and that enable them to realize their potential as productive members of society – is an important contributor to the wealth of all nations regardless of their income status. A child born in Armenia today will be 57 percent as productive when she grows up as she could be if she received a full education and was completely healthy. This reflects the existence in Armenia of deficiencies in its schooling, student performance on harmonized tests, and the protection from non-fatal health risks that it provides beyond childhood. These gaps in human capital formation have negative implications for the economy. The 2013-2014 National Competitiveness Report of Armenia highlighted that insufficient human capital is a binding constraint to the country’s growth. If Armenia ensured full education and complete health in the long run, the per capita Gross Domestic Product could be 1.75 times higher.
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title Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia
title_short Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia
title_full Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia
title_fullStr Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia
title_full_unstemmed Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments Toward a More Prosperous and Inclusive Armenia
title_sort survive, learn, thrive : strategic human capital investments toward a more prosperous and inclusive armenia
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540121597679380923/Survive-Learn-Thrive-Strategic-Human-Capital-Investments-toward-a-more-Prosperous-and-Inclusive-Armenia
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