As the text states, investment in human capital is an important ingredient for a nation’s economic growth. The data in the following table shows the net enrollment rates in primary school as a percentage of the relevant group for 10 developing countries in 1999 and 2016. Go to http:// data.worldbank.org and look up per capita GDP for these 10 countries for 1999 and 2016. (Search for GDP per capita [current $US] data.) Calculate the percent changes in per capita GDP from 1999 to 2016 for these 10 countries. Do the changes in per capita GDP seem to correlate with the changes in enrollment rates? What besides increased enrollment may be responsible for the changes in per capita GDP?

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Country Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti The Gambia Ghana Lesotho Mali Niger Senegal Togo Net enrollment rate, primary school, percent of relevant group Percent change 1999 36 57 27 75 62 59 44 26 55 89 2016 76 88 52 76 87 81 62 64 72 87 111 54 93 1 40 37 41 146 31 -2