Differences between human capital and human development are:
Human Capital | Human Development |
(i) Human capital treats education and health as a means to increase capital. | (i) Human development is considered integral to human well being. |
(ii) Human capital treats humans as a means to end. | (ii) Human development treats humans as an end to themselves. |
(iii) It states education and health as a means to increase labor productivity. | (iii) It states that education and health are integral to human well-being because only when people have the ability to read and write, they have the ability to lead a healthy life. |