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What is Human Capital and Growth

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Handbook of Research on Higher Education in the MENA Region: Policy and Practice
A concept that refers to the correlation between competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personal attitudes, and economic growth.
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Towards a Paradigm Shift in Higher Education in the MENA Region
Hayat Al-Khatib (Arab Open University, Lebanon)
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6198-1.ch002
Abstract
Higher education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has not been able to deliver the needed knowledge and technology transfer to generate productivity and innovation in this part of the world (Arab Economic and Social Summit, 2009; Thomson and Reuters, 2007). Youth unemployment in the MENA region remains the highest in the world, with the Middle East rating 21% and North Africa rating 25%, out of whom one-third are university graduates (World Bank, 2013). The chapter aims to address issues pertaining to the need to shift perspective in higher education in the MENA region, in the light of its growing importance as a developing entity with natural and human resources. The chapter identifies the role of higher education, in policies and practice, in addressing the needs of the region and transforming its resources, human and physical, to further its economic development.
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