Arbeitspapier
Trajectories in Knowledge Economy: Empirics from SSA and MENA countries
In the first critical assessment of knowledge economy dynamic paths in Africa and the Middle East, but for a few exceptions, we find overwhelming support for diminishing cross-country disparities in knowledge-base-economy dimensions. The paper employs all the four components of the World Bank’s Knowledge Economy Index (KEI): economic incentives, innovation, education, and information infrastructure. The main finding suggests that sub-Saharan African (SSA) and the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries with low levels in KE dynamics and catching-up their counterparts of higher KE levels. We provide the speeds of integration and time necessary to achieve full (100%) integration. Policy implications are discussed.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/15/060
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
International Policy Coordination and Transmission
Economic Development: General
Technological Change: Government Policy
Comparative Studies of Countries
Economic Systems: General
- Thema
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Knowledge economy
Principal component analysis
Panel data
Convergence
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Asongu, Simplice
Andrés, Antonio R.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
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Yaoundé
- (wann)
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Asongu, Simplice
- Andrés, Antonio R.
- African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
Entstanden
- 2015