Human Capital as an Intellectual Investment in the Future

Abstract

Human capital is a stock of knowledge, skills and motivations. Its investment can
include education, accumulation of production experience, health protection, geographical mobility and
information retrieval. The article says that Kazakhstan provides conditions for the development of human
capital in the formation of an intellectual society. The idea of forming an intellectual society is one of the
most principled systems of initiative of the head of our state. Human capital in our country is the most
effective factor of economic, socio-cultural and political development. To study public opinion the authors
of the article conducted surveys and works with focus groups. It is concluded that this is the main tool
for the formation and development of the economy as the highest stage in the development of the world
economic system. Human capital develops in an intellectual society; it is a breakthrough in the development
of the education system, development of science and enhancement of the country’s scientific potential.