Global Development the Human Factor Way
Scarcity is the basic economic problem confronting all humanity, and humanity has struggled for centuries to overcome it. Yet, despite new ideas and new technology, little has been achieved in dealing with scarcity. Moreover, despite successes in conquering space and in developing technological innovations, humanity has failed to deal successfully with social, economic, environmental, political, and educational problems. This book analyzes these successes and failures and argues that the root of developmental problems lies in continuing human factor decay and underdevelopment. For successful economic development, every country must focus on human factor development.

Traditional books on economic development focus on items like investment, human capital acquisition, population control, foreign aid and technical assistance, international trade, and technology transfer. This book argues that the integrating core of every development program is human factor development. In the presence of human factor decay, no nation can develop, even when the necessary resources are made available.

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Global Development the Human Factor Way
Scarcity is the basic economic problem confronting all humanity, and humanity has struggled for centuries to overcome it. Yet, despite new ideas and new technology, little has been achieved in dealing with scarcity. Moreover, despite successes in conquering space and in developing technological innovations, humanity has failed to deal successfully with social, economic, environmental, political, and educational problems. This book analyzes these successes and failures and argues that the root of developmental problems lies in continuing human factor decay and underdevelopment. For successful economic development, every country must focus on human factor development.

Traditional books on economic development focus on items like investment, human capital acquisition, population control, foreign aid and technical assistance, international trade, and technology transfer. This book argues that the integrating core of every development program is human factor development. In the presence of human factor decay, no nation can develop, even when the necessary resources are made available.

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Global Development the Human Factor Way

Global Development the Human Factor Way

by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo
Global Development the Human Factor Way

Global Development the Human Factor Way

by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo

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Overview

Scarcity is the basic economic problem confronting all humanity, and humanity has struggled for centuries to overcome it. Yet, despite new ideas and new technology, little has been achieved in dealing with scarcity. Moreover, despite successes in conquering space and in developing technological innovations, humanity has failed to deal successfully with social, economic, environmental, political, and educational problems. This book analyzes these successes and failures and argues that the root of developmental problems lies in continuing human factor decay and underdevelopment. For successful economic development, every country must focus on human factor development.

Traditional books on economic development focus on items like investment, human capital acquisition, population control, foreign aid and technical assistance, international trade, and technology transfer. This book argues that the integrating core of every development program is human factor development. In the presence of human factor decay, no nation can develop, even when the necessary resources are made available.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275959661
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 02/18/1998
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

SENYO B. S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University. He is the Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development, an institute devoted to researching the human factor and its role in development. His most recent book is Human Factor Engineering and the Political Economy of African Development (Praeger, 1996).

Table of Contents

Preface
General Introduction
Scarcity: The Central Focus of All Human Action and Endeavor
Human Responses and Predicaments
Dealing with Scarcity: The Evolution of Ideologies of Social Order and Political Economy of Development
Conquering Scarcity the Capitalist Way: Models and Theories of Economic Growth and Development
Confronting Scarcity the Socialist Way: The Birth of Command Economic Systems and the Future of Capitalism
The Capitalist Response: New Strategies and Programs for Growth and Development
Further Human Attempts at Social Engineering and Global Development
The Evolving Electronically Wired Global Village: Its Development and Implications
The Human Plight and Predicament: Needs and Crises That Linger
Human Factor Perspectives
Human Factor Perspectives on Failing Social Institutions and Systems
The Human Factor Concept of Global Development
Achieving Global Development through Human Factor Engineering
References
Index

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