This human capital review assesses human capital outcomes in Mauritania and identifies actions to strengthen, utilize, and protect human capital. The government of Mauritania has demonstrated a strong commitment to placing human capital at the forefront of its long-term vision, with dedicated efforts focused on enhancing childhood health and education outcomes. Despite Mauritania’s positive initiatives, the country’s human capital wealth per capita has declined over the last 20 years; and it is imperative to look at ways to quickly reverse this situation. Children born today in Mauritania will only be 38 percent as productive when they grow up as they could have been had they enjoyed complete education and full health. Increasing the productivity of Mauritanians—both men and women—and thus allowing them to fully contribute to the development of their society entails transforming the human capital challenge to a human capital opportunity. This report takes a comprehensive, cross-sectoral approach and proposes recommendations for building, protecting, and utilizing human capital in Mauritania.
Authors
- Citation
- “ World Bank . 2024 . Mauritania Human Capital Review: Building, Utilizing, and Protecting Human Capital for Inclusive and Resilient Economic Development . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40929 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
- Collection(s)
- Social Analysis French PDFs Available
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40929
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34237571
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34237571
- Published in
- United States of America
- Region country
- Mauritania
- Report
- 186925
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- Social Protection & Labor AFR 2 (HAWS2)
- URI
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40929
- date disclosure
- 2024-01-22
- region administrative
- Africa Western and Central (AFW)
- theme
- Inclusive Growth,Mitigation,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Economic Policy,Social Protection,Social Development and Protection,Economic Growth and Planning,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Labor Market Policy and Programs,Public Sector Management,Climate change,Adaptation,Data production, accessibility and use,Administrative and Civil Service Reform,Public Administration,Social protection delivery systems,Labor Market Institutions