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The review highlights persistent challenges in quality, equity, learning outcomes, and health burdens, while emphasizing the importance of effective service delivery and reform momentum. It also assesses lessons from the COVID-19 response to strengthen human development systems’ effectiveness and resilience, concluding with sector-specific reform priorities and recommendations.","Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nGEORGIA  \nHuman Capital Review  \nThis project is funded by the European Union  \nii  \n© 2022 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank  \n1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000  \n[Internet:](Internet: www.worldbank.org)[ www.worldbank.org](Internet: www.worldbank.org)  \nRights and Permissions  \nThe material in this work is subject to copyright. 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Its contents are the sole responsibility of World Bank staff and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.  \nThe World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.  \nGEORGIA Human Capital Review  \nGeorgia  \nHuman Capital Review  \nContents:  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS v  \nLIST OF ACRONYMS vi  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1  \nHuman capital challenges remain significant 2  \nMaintaining the reform momentum to deliver better and more equitable services 3  \n1. Human capital: the key to long term prosperity 7  \n The importance of human capital for sustainable and inclusive development 10  \n2. Georgia’s human capital: the need for a quality and equity boost 13  \n3. Building human capital: overview of the education, health care,  \nand social protection systems 19  \nThe importance of service delivery for human capital 19  \nOverview of the education sector 21  \nOverview of the health care sector 23  \nOverview of the social protection sector 26  \n4. Maintaining the reform momentum to deliver better and more  \nequitable services 29  \nImproving the quality and effectiveness of delivery 29  \nPutting greater focus on equitable delivery and the needs of vulnerable 35  \npopulation groups  \nIncreasing spending levels and making spending more efficient 38  \nBoosting cross-sectoral collaboration 42  \n5. Learning from the COVID-19 response: improving the effectiveness and resilience of human development systems 43  \n6. Conclusions and recommendations 47  \n Sector-specific reform areas 49  \nREFERENCES 53  \niii  \nGEORGIA Human Capital Review  \nList of Figures: Figure 1: Georgia experienced sustained growth and dramatic 7  \npoverty reduction  \nFigure 2: A high proportion of youth are not in employment, 8  \neducation or training (NEET)  \nFigure 3: Aging and migration will require boosting workers’ 8  \nproductivity  \nFigure 4: Inequalities are not only observed across people, but 9  \nalso across regions  \nFigure 5: Human capital is essential for growth 10  \nFigure 6: Early investments in human capital deliver the highest 11 returns  \nFigure 7: Georgia’s Human Capital Index remains below the ECA 13 average  \nFigure 8: Gaps in human capital accumulation start early in life 14  \nFigure 9: Low and unequal learning outcomes 15  \nFigure 10: Georgians face among the highest incidence of NCDs 16  \nin ECA  \nFigure 11: Impoverishing health expe","cbCaiuHe6ZUa77sP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuHe6ZUa77sP","pdf",5002707,2,1,64,"English","en",105,"# Executive Summary\n## Human capital challenges remain significant\n## Maintaining the reform momentum to deliver better and more equitable services\n# 1. 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