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The skills, knowledge and experience of an individual or population, regarded as a resource or asset.  
#Ability to set assets against liabilities in multiple bank accounts.  Also used in netting transactions.
#More generally, the right to reduce or eliminate a liability, by deducting the amount of a related asset.  Most commonly, when the asset and liability are with the same counterparty.


Human capital encompasses:
*Investing in people, for example, education, training and health; and
*The belief that these investments increase an individual’s productivity.


 
== See also ==
The World Bank's Human Capital Project defines human capital as the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives, enabling them to realise their potential as productive members of society.
 
 
==See also==
* [[Assets]]
* [[Assets]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Counterparty]]
* [[Intangible assets]]
* [[Liabilities]]
* [[Natural capital]]
* [[Netting]]
* [[Social capital]]
* [[Open interest]]
* [[World Bank]]
 
 
==External link==
[https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/human-capital The World Bank's Human Capital Project]
 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Ethics]]

Revision as of 13:40, 6 May 2016

  1. Ability to set assets against liabilities in multiple bank accounts. Also used in netting transactions.
  2. More generally, the right to reduce or eliminate a liability, by deducting the amount of a related asset. Most commonly, when the asset and liability are with the same counterparty.


See also