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9781280085109
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English
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1 online resource (98 pages)
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WBI development studies
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303.48/33/0956
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Marseille 〈2002〉
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Overview -- The Need for a New Form of Development -- A Knowledge-Based Development Process -- Readiness for the Knowledge Economy -- The Economic and Institutional Regime -- Human Resources -- Innovation -- Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure -- New Visions and Strategies -- 2. The Challenge: Changing the Growth Model -- A Distorted Development Process -- Insufficient Growth in an Increasingly Competitive Environment -- The Need to Change the Development Model -- 3. Knowledge and Economic Development: Recent Trends -- The Knowledge-Based Economy -- Key Pillars of Knowledge-Based Economies -- The Knowledge Economy and Economic Performance -- Guidelines and Lessons from International Experience -- A New Mindset for Government Action -- 4. MENA Countries' Readiness for the Knowledge Economy: A Snapshot -- Overall Knowledge Economy Readiness -- Economic Incentives and Institutional Framework -- Education -- Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure -- Innovation -- 5. Social and Economic Frameworks -- Power and Social Structures -- Investment Climate -- Trade and Economic Integration -- Attitudes to Knowledge, Innovation, and Management -- 6. Education and Training -- Cultural and Linguistic Issues -- Education and Social Expectations -- Training and Job Markets -- An Education Strategy within a Lifelong Learning Perspective -- Increasing the Efficacy of Educational and Training Institutions -- 7. Innovation and Research -- Poorly Developed Innovation Systems -- R&D Institutions -- Innovation Climate in Industry -- Scientific and Technological Performance -- Establishing a Coherent Innovation Policy -- Conclusion -- 8. Telecommunications and the Information Infrastructure -- Telecommunications and Related Policies -- Policy Trends -- The Internet.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1. Overview""; ""The Need for a New Form of Development""; ""A Knowledge-Based Development Process""; ""Readiness for the Knowledge Economy""; ""The Economic and Institutional Regime""; ""Human Resources""; ""Innovation""; ""Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure""; ""New Visions and Strategies""; ""2. The Challenge: Changing the Growth Model""; ""A Distorted Development Process""; ""Insufficient Growth in an Increasingly Competitive Environment""; ""The Need to Change the Development Model""
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""3. Knowledge and Economic Development: Recent Trends""""The Knowledge-Based Economy""; ""Key Pillars of Knowledge-Based Economies""; ""The Knowledge Economy and Economic Performance""; ""Guidelines and Lessons from International Experience""; ""A New Mindset for Government Action""; ""4. MENA Countries� Readiness for the Knowledge Economy: A Snapshot""; ""Overall Knowledge Economy Readiness""; ""Economic Incentives and Institutional Framework""; ""Education""; ""Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure""; ""Innovation""; ""5. Social and Economic Frameworks""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Power and Social Structures""""Investment Climate""; ""Trade and Economic Integration""; ""Attitudes to Knowledge, Innovation, and Management""; ""6. Education and Training""; ""Cultural and Linguistic Issues""; ""Education and Social Expectations""; ""Training and Job Markets""; ""An Education Strategy within a Lifelong Learning Perspective""; ""Increasing the Efficacy of Educational and Training Institutions""; ""7. Innovation and Research""; ""Poorly Developed Innovation Systems""; ""R&D Institutions""; ""Innovation Climate in Industry""; ""Scientific and Technological Performance""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Establishing a Coherent Innovation Policy""""Conclusion""; ""8. Telecommunications and the Information Infrastructure""; ""Telecommunications and Related Policies""; ""Policy Trends""; ""The Internet""; ""Providing Access for the Many Modern Forms of Communication""; ""Building Human Capacity for Telecommunications""; ""9. Visions and Strategies""; ""Selected Country Experiences""; ""MENA Countries""; ""Some Guiding Principles""; ""Regional and International Cooperation""; ""10. Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Benchmarking MENA Countries� Readiness for the Knowledge Economy""; ""References""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Documents Presented at the World Bank Forum on Knowledge for Development in the Middle East and North Africa, September 9�12, 2002, Marseilles, France""""Boxes""; ""2.1. Why Growth Performances Differ�Total Factor Productivity""; ""3.1. Challenges to Economic Theory""; ""3.2. Trends in Knowledge and Innovation in the OECD Area""; ""3.3. Variables Selected for Knowledge Economy Benchmarking""; ""3.4. Ireland, the Celtic Tiger""; ""3.5. India, from the Silicon Valley of South Asia to a Global Knowledge Superpower""; ""3.6. Chile�Knowledge, Innovation and New Comparative Advantages""
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""4.1. Multicriteria Analysis and Variables Selected for Knowledge Economy Benchmarking""
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