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Sustainable Development and use of Resources

Human resources, encompassing skills, talents, and knowledge, are crucial for a country's development and economic growth. Developing these resources ensures a productive workforce capable of addressing societal needs and problems, supported by government, schools, and churches. Factors such as health, education, and access to resources play a significant role in enhancing human resources.

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Sustainable Development and use of Resources

Human resources, encompassing skills, talents, and knowledge, are crucial for a country's development and economic growth. Developing these resources ensures a productive workforce capable of addressing societal needs and problems, supported by government, schools, and churches. Factors such as health, education, and access to resources play a significant role in enhancing human resources.

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Sustainable Development and use of Resources

Human Resources

Factors that contribute to the development of the Human Resources

The most important and valuable resources in any country are the skills, talents and abilities
which the people possess and are so termed Human Resources.

Human resources refer to the skills, talents, knowledge, abilities and energies that human beings
have which can be used to satisfy needs and wants of man. A variety of human resources exists
in the Caribbean such as engineers, doctors, teachers, farmers, poets, etc. The skills of these
people are used to produce a wide variety of goods and services which help to maintain and
improve the standard of living.

What does developing the human resources means?

Successful all-round development of a country’s human resources (skills, knowledge, talents,


energies and abilities) is an important part of maximizing their potential so that each can make
useful contribution to society.

Even though the population of a country is more than simply a resource to be exploited, it is
obviously important for a country to have a productive working population which generate
sufficient wealth and stimulate enough economic activity to meets the needs of the population.
For this reason efforts are to be made to ensure that the population is healthy, well-educated and
highly skilled so that it will be as productive as possible.

Developing the human resource is about harnessing or improving on the skills knowledge, talents
energies and abilities of people. This will ensure that each worker is enable to contribute as much
as he or she can and in the way that best suits his or her capabilities, skills and talents.
Governments therefore need to develop a workforce that has a wide range of knowledge, talents
skills and abilities.

Reasons why we need to develop the Human Resources


The human resources needs to be develop as it is the most valuable resources in a country.
Human resources are needed to harness the physical resources in order to produce goods and
services to satisfy the needs and wants of man. They are needed to sustain the world’s population
and solve society’s problems such as:

 medical problems - doctors and scientist combine their skills and knowledge and skills
to fight diseases:
 political problems – politicians along with other technocrats are needed to make laws
to protect citizens, to manage the resources of the country and to sustain an orderly
society.
 social problems - engineers and other professionals use their skills to build stadiums,
theatres and gymnasiums for recreational activities which are important to mental
wellness and well-being.
Who contributes to the development of Human Resources?

 Government
 Schools
 Churches

Can you identify other human resources in your environment?

The importance of developing human resource in any country is of utmost importance. The
physical resources of a country cannot be developed without the intervention of human resource;
in fact, a country's economic growth is solely dependent on how the people use the skills,
technology and creativity to develop the physical resources.

Brain Teaser

Explain how the following people contribute to the development of human resources: teachers,
garbage collectors, farmers and religious leaders.

FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF


HUMAN RESOURCES

Nutrition and Health

 The availability and access to primary and curative health care

 Education (basic, moral, vocational and professional training, rehabilitation training)


 The availability and access to various types of educational institutions

 Sports/Recreation

 Culture

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