A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria

Gortazar, Lucas ; Kuznetsova, Dessislava

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: HUMAN CAPITAL;    HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX;    POVERTY REDUCTION;    EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT;    SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR BETTER EDUCATION RESULTS;   

RP-ID  :  137789

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This policy brief is exploring the stateof the human capital in Bulgaria by positioning the HCI as abaseline for analyzing the differences and gaps with respectto other comparator countries in the region. The documentproposes a focused discussion on education policy outcomesidentified as key area of policy investments that cansignificantly boost the productivity and human potentialtogether with improvements in required health outcomes.Education policy actions are needed in several areas:expanding access and improving quality of preschooleducation, rethinking the student tracking functions of theeducation system to provide better opportunities for all,strengthening education financing, promoting schoolimprovement policies to target learning, and investing inteacher policies.