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Focusing on the development agenda of selected developed and developing countries, the contributors in this volume show that the varying degrees of success or failure in the programs of different countries are due to the way they deal with human factor development. Each essay clearly shows that a nation cannot achieve development if it continuously fails to develop its own national human factor. The contributors maintain that what different parts of the world, particularly Southeast Asia, call a development miracle is not a miracle at all.

Countries such as Japan and Singapore have experienced significant development in recent decades because their programs have focused intently on building the human factor. Countries such as Mexico, Nigeria, Bolivia, and India, on the other hand, are struggling to develop because their ongoing development programs do not address the human factor. Nations that aspire to achieve sustained human-centered development in the 21st century should focus on human factor development now.

Contents

The Global Scramble for Economic Growth and Development by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo The Human Factor: Evidence from Developed Countries Institutions, Development, and the Human Factor: The German "Miracle" by Justus Haucap The Human Factor in Japan's Economic Development by Mahamudu Bawumia The Human Factor Dynamics of Singapore's Socioeconomic Development by Francis Adu-Febiri The Relevance of the Human Factor and a Grassroots Approach to Economic Development: A Case Study of the Antigonish Movement in Canada by Santo Dodaro, Leonard Pluta, and Joe Amoako-Tuffour The Human Factor: Evidence from Developing Countries Facing the Challenges of Economic Underdevelopment in Ghana: The Role of the Human Factor by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo The Human Factor and the Dilemma of Nigerian Development: A Structural Analysis by Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu Culture and the Human Factor in Chile's Economic "Miracle" by David E. Hojman Human Development in India: A Macro Perspective by Shekhar Chaudhuri and Sunil Kumar The Human Factor and Underdevelopment in Mexico by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo The Human Factor in a Small Developing Country: The Case of Bolivia by Carlos Aguirre B Zimbabwe's Human Factor Balance Sheet: An Analysis of the Causes of Corruption by Claude G. Mararike The Human Factor: Its Significance The Human Factor in Developing Civil Society and Nation Building: Some Suggestions for Practical Applications by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo Index