Human resources (United Nations)

Human resources, as distinct from material resources, comprise the skills, knowledge and capacities of all the human beings actually or potentially available for economic and social development in a community. They are not limited to the resources of the working population but include also the actual, potential and prospective contribution to economic and social development of other persons. In this way, the concept of human resources comprises both men and women, whether technically they belong to the labour force or not, by virtue of the goods, services and care they provide, actually and potentially.