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International Development in Focus Ser.: Fostering Human Capital in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries by Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad, Igor Kheyfets, Sameh El-Saharty and Christopher H. Herbst (2020, Trade Paperback)

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The formation of human capital - the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lifetimes- is critical for the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Human capital contributes not only to human development and employment but also to the long-term sustainability of a diversified economic growth model that is knowledge based and private sector driven. This approach is critical, given that income from oil and gas will eventually decline and that the nature of work is evolving in response to rapid technological changes, in turn demanding new skill sets. The GCC governments have demonstrated their strong political will for this shift: four of them are among the first countries to join the World Bank's Human Capital Project–a global effort to improve investments in.