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Direct linkAlam, Gazi Mahabubul; Forhad, Md. Abdur Rahman – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2023
Purpose: This study examines whether education in developing countries directly impacts their foreign income from the top export sector. Design/methodology/approach: As most developing countries follow developed nations to shape their development, this study assumes developing countries as education-follower and developed countries as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Developed Nations, Comparative Education
Ojonta, Obed I.; Ogbuabor, Jonathan E.; Ojonta, Peace N.; Orji, Anthony; Anthony-Orji, Onyinye I. – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2021
Introduction: Educational achievement has remained the common yardstick for assessing human capital development across the world. However, it has been observed that Nigeria is one of the developing countries facing the challenge of low level of academic achievement by employees in the university system, which in turn has grave implications for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Level, Educational Attainment, Human Capital
Igwe, Paul Agu; Lock, Deborah; Rugara, David Gamariel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2022
Employability is a set of skills, knowledge and personal attributes that make an individual adapt to changes in the labour market. This study applies 'Human Capital Theory' (HCT) and the 'theory of Interrole Learning Transfer' (ILT) to examine factors which affect the attitudes, motivations and actions of learners towards their future…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Higher Education, Human Capital
Download full textEtuk, Grace Koko; Akpan, Eno Gabriel; Etuk, Etuk Nssien – International Journal of Higher Education, 2012
This paper views overschooling as conditions whereby people occupy job positions which are not optimal for their qualifications. The theoretical backings for the paper are the Human Capital, the equity and the two-factor theories of motivation and job satisfaction. Antecedents to overschooling which are mentioned include educational emphasis, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Qualifications, Human Capital, Job Satisfaction
Agboola, B. M. – Online Submission, 2010
The higher education in Nigeria has witnessed a tremendous growth in the last 50 years in terms of producing manpower that could bring about development. However, the problem of Nigeria today is not about human and natural resources, but how to translate the human potentials to meet the realization of its all round development and sustain economic…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
Babalola, J. B.; Olaiya, Foluke M. – African Higher Education Review, 2013
This paper reviews the perceptions of stakeholders on investment in higher education and economic development in south-west Nigeria. The study was based on the argument that despite the fact that Nigeria celebrates her wealth of human capital and boasts of her educated labour force, there is still widespread ignorance and poverty with no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Investment, Higher Education
