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A Suggestion for Further Consideration Regarding Investment in Human Capital During the Transitional Stage: Results of an investigation into the relationship between productivity levels in Guatemalan subsistence agriculture and levels of literacy within the Guatemalan agriculture work force, 1955-1960.
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1963-01-01Metadata
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The paper investigates the role of investment in human capital in agriculture as one aspect of the process of economic development. It is essentially a combination and deeper analysis of the two sectoral problems presented by Walter W. Rostow: the problem of increasing the productivity of subsistnece agriculture, and the problem of investment in social overhead capital during the transitional stage.
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