The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the challenges of globalisation, human capital investment and economic reform : a critical evaluation of the King Abdullah scholarship programme

Globalisation has developed alongside the growth of information technologies. These have in turn required states to pursue policies promoting adaptation to a knowledge-based economy reliant on 'human capital' (a phrase first coined in 1961 by Theodore Schultz). This thesis explores and ass...

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Main Author: Al Yousef, Maha
Published: University of East Anglia 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.699603