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The skills, knowledge and experience of an individual, organisation, or population, regarded as a resource or asset.  


That which is owed to another, usually money.
Human capital encompasses:
*Investing in people, for example, education, training and health; and
*The belief that these investments increase an individual’s productivity.




2.  
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.


From the perspective of the borrower, finance from borrowing, rather than from investment by equity shareholders.


==See also==
* [[Assets]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Human resources]]
* [[Individual capital]]
* [[Intangible assets]]
* [[Natural capital]]
* [[Social capital]]
* [[World Bank]]


3.


From the perspective of a lender or investor in debt, an investment in the obligations of the borrower.
==External link==
[https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/human-capital The World Bank's Human Capital Project]


 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
== See also ==
[[Category:Ethics]]
* [[Advance]]
* [[Building a Debt IR function]]
* [[Capital employed]]
* [[Convertible debt]]
* [[Debenture]]
* [[Debt capacity]]
* [[Debt ceiling]]
* [[Debt for equity swap]]
* [[Debt service ratio]]
* [[Entity]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Investor]]
* [[Junior debt]]
* [[Lead]]
* [[Leverage]]
* [[Leveraged takeover]]
* [[Loan]]
* [[Loan relationship]]
* [[Long-term debt]]
* [[Non-current liabilities]]
* [[Obligation]]
* [[Pay down]]
* [[Rescheduling]]
* [[Return on capital employed]]
* [[Senior debt]]
* [[Service]]
* [[Subordinated debt]]
* [[Unsecured debt]]
 
 
===Other links===
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8377 Masterclass: The basics of borrowing, Will Spinney, The Treasurer]
 
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]

Revision as of 22:18, 5 October 2020

The skills, knowledge and experience of an individual, organisation, or population, regarded as a resource or asset.

Human capital encompasses:

  • Investing in people, for example, education, training and health; and
  • The belief that these investments increase an individual’s productivity.


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


External link

The World Bank's Human Capital Project

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