Sentences with phrase «for human capital investments»

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«The issue is not that middle - class workers are doomed by automation and technology, but instead that human capital investment must be at the heart of any long - term strategy for producing skills that are complemented by rather than substituted for by technological change.»

Forty - three percent of HR professionals say human capital is the largest «investment challenge» for employers, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Managehuman capital is the largest «investment challenge» for employers, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource ManageHuman Resource Management.

We'll be going head - to - head with them in a global war for talent, not to mention with powerhouses like China and India, who are pouring investments into education, and also working to retain and attract human capital.

However, its success will be measured by whether Canada remains competitive for financial and human capital, and the retention and attraction of business investment.

Since 2000, 642 Springboard portfolio companies seeking investment of financial and human capital for product development and expansion have raised $ 7.4 billion, created tens of thousands of new jobs, and generate billions of dollars in annual revenues.

They have rightly taken the approach of providing supports for sector infrastructure, human capital, and capital investment.

This occurred for a number of reasons, but chief among them were larger investments in physical and human capital, greater technological advancement and greater productivity growth.

Now we call for investments in human capital.»

Social development has already made a contribution to the economic development of the state and he has a long quotation from his earlier writing to affirm that it is possible to develop a Kerala Model of Economic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources».

Of course, there are other necessary elements including an innovation strategy, policies to boost human capital giving employees a stake and voice in the firm as well as upgrading skills, more investment in science and R&D, and more risk capital for firms in export - led sectors.

The plan itemizes the approach towards investing in people, including promoting social inclusion through social investment programmes for the vulnerable and targeted programmes for the North - East and Niger - Delta, job creation and youth empowerment and investments in human capital while outlining the competitiveness imperatives as enhancing infrastructure (power, roads, rail, ports and broadband services, and leveraging public - private partnerships (PPPs)-RRB-, improving the business environment through the initiatives under the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and promoting digital - led growth.

It's a national security issue — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:42 We are confident these priorities will not only provide jobs but will improve the security of Ghanaians — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:41 Our job creation agenda will be driven by investment in human capital — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:40 The broad agenda for next year is to translate the stability into shared growth - Ken Ofori - Atta 10:33 We have restored macro stability and renewed confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:32 We have achieved in one year, what seemed impossible to achieve in eight years — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 We have provided stable electricity supply — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 I am glad to report that we are on course to end the year with the fiscal deficit of 6.5 % — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:30 We are happy to note that our policies are yielding results that have brought back smiles to several Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 We resolve to be fiscally discipline — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 I'm happy to note that we have turned the economy around — Ken Ofori Atta 10:28 When I presented the budget in March, I indicated our commitment to take strategic steps to fix the challenges facing the economy and restore hope to Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:25 I thank the august House for all the support that has brought us so far — Ken Ofori Atta 10:24 Speaker of Parliament invites the Finance Minister to present the 2018 budget

«These projects have been advanced to leverage private investment to create jobs and innovative technology on Long Island using one of our best natural resources, our human capital at world class universities located right here in our own backyard,» said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate Republicans.

The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased investment in city youth; investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities; capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.

A human investment strategy for education would have an explicit strategic focus: to increase access of all students, particularly low - income, minority students, to high - level academic work, and to invest in the human capital infrastructure for schools that will promote this access.

This shift has been stimulated by a combination of influences, including greater demand by families at all economic levels, increased public understanding of the importance of early learning, greater support for investment in programs for low income children as a matter of equity, and growing concern about the threat of economic globalization and the need to enhance the nation's human capital by building a strong foundation early in life

Although these investments might be good for students in the short term, we would miss an opportunity to use computer science as a starting point to rethink a new model for managing human capital in education.

It depends on past investments in physical capital, like industrial plants and machinery; human capital, the economist's term for workers» education and skills; and the pace of technological innovation.

There have been some investments in Teach for America and other talent - recruitment strategies, but many observers believe they need an even stronger focus on human capital to bolster nascent high - quality local school providers.

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Continuous improvement of educational opportunities for young people is one of the best means of human capital investment, and it carries an enormous potential for payback.

Often, the outlay for capital equipment was not accompanied by an investment in human capital — that is, training on how to use the equipment and how to incorporate it into effective instruction.

To be sure, fewer births made investments in human capital more efficient — less spreading out of educational resources, for example.

For example, an investment in financial assets is expected to increase the value of your savings over time through compound growth, while building human capital through an educational program is an investment in knowledge.

Explaining that creativity is the true investment capital of the future, inventor Daan Roosegaarde's optimism for the future hinges upon the power of human imagination.

These results suggest that, in contrast to common characterizations of environmental protection as a tax on producers, environmental protection can also be viewed as an investment in human capital, and thus a tool for promoting economic growth.

Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth... We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 ppb decrease in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 4.2 percent.

When explaining the reasons for the delayed recovery, David Foote notes, «A lot of the jobs lost during this recession are not coming back because employers have changed their human capital investment models and practices.

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For instance, Heckman8 stresses the importance of human capital investments in early childhood, focusing on the role of dynamic complementarities whereby early skill development fosters subsequent learning.