Does the Quality of Human Resources Really Become an Obstacle to the Country for Developed Faster?

This is the question that usually come to the mind of a human resources development expert when he or she think about the country situation, especially if it will be related to the number of population the country has. However, obstacles are so many and it does depend on the point of view how people perceive it. The result will also be different as the paradigm and perception are also differ between one and another, but there are many lessons that we can learn from other countries that have become developed such as Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. Those countries are not rely themselves heavily on natural resources like what Indonesia has done with oil and other commodities; and actually they rely themselves on the quality of human resources, technology as well as capital. Abundant with natural resources is a benefit to a country, but rely heavily on it is also very dangerous as when the price of the resources fall in the world market the country income would have also decreased. Therefore, it will be necessary also to Indonesia to develop the quality of its human resources and developing the appropriate technology in all fields including military technology in order to face the challenge of the dynamics of the world economy, while increasing the capital and paying the country foreign debt.