An International Perspective on Pakistani Human Capital Investments in the Last Quarter Century

摘要: past quarter century in an international perspective. As background, a simple analytical perspective is presented first. Then empirical experience from various developing countries summarised. This relates to some dimensions of the determinants and impact human capital investments related policies. Next, Pakistani schooling health are compared with century, controlling for per capita income initial literacy rates subject caveatcs about such comparisons. These comparisons suggest that, aggregate, Pakistan has had relatively low high health. Consideration composition these suggests comparative sense, have been skewed towards higher rather than basic education, physician-intensive curative preventative care, males relative females, middlcand upper-income groups that tend benefit more post-primary physician-related services. The concluding section speculates on implications this investment