Why is Education so important for the Global Economy?

Expenditures on Education, Training and Healthcare are considered investments in Human Capital. In Venezuela, we take for granted the fact that girls ans boys can go to school indistinctly. But in many countries of the world, girls and boys do not have the same rights. Malala Yousafzai is a 17 year old Pakistani girl that stood up for girls' right to Education, and has been persecuted and shot by the Taliban. She won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.