Competitiveness, education and employability: considerations for the development of countries

Abstract

Socio-economic dynamics of the countries have resulted in an increase in their development gaps. Some approaches attribute development to an emphasis on productive factors related to labor force formed for either manual skills, either intellectual ones. This article centers around the relationship between competitiveness, education and employability to contribute to this discussion. Based on the review of authors that show the evolution of this relationship between productive factors and development, each section proposes reflections on the theoretical debate and the empirical observation, particularly regarding developing countries.