08083nam 2200889Ia 450 991080845150332120200520144314.01-280-08510-X97866100851010-585-49518-110.1596/0-8213-5701-8(CKB)111087027998132(OCoLC)55664132(CaPaEBR)ebrary10048618(SSID)ssj0000087869(PQKBManifestationID)11108008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087869(PQKBWorkID)10069358(PQKB)11040135(MiAaPQ)EBC3050647(Au-PeEL)EBL3050647(CaPaEBR)ebr10048618(CaONFJC)MIL8510(OCoLC)469637180(The World Bank)2003064599(US-djbf)13388911(EXLCZ)9911108702799813220031030d2003 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierKnowledge economies in the Middle East and North Africa toward new development strategies /edited by Jean-Eric Aubert, Jean-louis Reiffers1st ed.Washington, DC World Bank2003xii, 82 pages illustrations ;27 cmWBI development studiesPapers from the World Bank Forum on Knowledge for Development in the Middle East and North Africa, Sept. 9-12, 2002, Marseilles, France.0-8213-5701-8 Includes bibliographical references.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&amp -- 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.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 -- 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 -- 4.1. Multicriteria Analysis and Variables Selected for Knowledge Economy Benchmarking -- 5.1. Bureaucratic Obstacles to Entrepreneurship -- 5.2. Islamic Banking -- 5.3. Trade Integration and Comparative Advantages between Lebanon and Syria -- 6.1. The Reform of Professional Training in Tunisia -- 7.1. MENA Success Stories in Innovation -- 8.1. Morocco: Successful Regulation Enables Growth of Telecommunications -- 9.1. SMExchange -- Figures -- 2.1. Productivity Comparisons in the Textile and Clothing Sector, MENA Countries -- 2.2. Productivity Comparisons in the Textile and Clothing Sector, Other Countries -- 3.1. The Knowledge Economy and GDP per Capita -- 3.2. Knowledge-Economy and Competitiveness Ranking -- 4.1. Knowledge Economy Readiness: MENA Countries -- 4.2. Countries' Relative Position in the Knowledge Economy and GDP Per Inhabitant -- 4.3. Economic Incentives and Institutional Framework: MENA Countries.4.4. Economic Incentives and Institutional Framework: The MENA Region's Relative Performance -- 4.5. Education: MENA Countries -- 4.6. Education: The MENA Region's Relative Performance -- 4.7. ICT Infrastructure: MENA Countries -- 4.8. ICT: The MENA Region's Relative Performance -- 4.9. Innovation: MENA Countries -- 4.10. Innovation: The MENA Region's Relative Performance -- A.1. Method of Classification: Example with the Criterion of Literacy -- A.2. Knowledge Economy Readiness Assessments for the MENA Region and for Selected MENA Countries -- Tables -- 2.1. Selected Development Indicators by Main World Bank Regions -- 3.1. Liberalization, Modernization, and Knowledge Economy Mindsets -- 5.1. Indicators concerning Women in MENA and Other World Regions -- 5.2. Good Governance Indicators -- 6.1. Need for Economic Growth and Growth of the Labor Supply, 1990-99 -- 8.1. Cost of Communications, Line Density by Country, 2000 -- 8.2. MENA Region: Teledensity and Internet Penetration -- 9.1. Share of Oil Sector in Dubai's GDP, Selected Years, 1995-2005.WBI development studies.Knowledge managementMiddle EastCongressesKnowledge managementAfrica, NorthCongressesInformation technologyMiddle EastManagementCongressesInformation technologyAfrica, NorthManagementCongressesTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsMiddle EastCongressesTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsAfrica, NorthCongressesTechnology and stateMiddle EastCongressesTechnology and stateAfrica, NorthCongressesEducation and stateMiddle EastCongressesEducation and stateAfrica, NorthCongressesMiddle EastEconomic conditions1979-CongressesAfrica, NorthEconomic conditionsCongressesKnowledge managementKnowledge managementInformation technologyManagementInformation technologyManagementTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsTechnology and stateTechnology and stateEducation and stateEducation and state303.48/33/0956Aubert Jean-Eric1660701Reiffers Jean-Louis126799MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808451503321Knowledge economies in the Middle East and North Africa4034235UNINA