Knowledge Economies in the Middle East and North Africa: Toward New Development Strategies
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been facing considerable economic challenges. Left behind by the industrial revolution, overly dependent on oil resources, and on the fringes of the globalization process, a number of MENA countries have embarked on structural reforms to overcome economic stagnation, mounting unemployment, and increasing poverty. At the same time, there is growing awareness worldwide that the knowledge revolution offers new opportunities for growth resulting...
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Drawing on ideas presented for discussion at a September 2002 conference, this work analyzes the development of knowledge-based economies in the Middle East and North Africa, discusses the prerequisites for and fundamentals of an economic and institutional framework for a knowledge-based economy in the region, and discusses policy elements of knowledge-based economy strategies, the renovation of education systems, and the development of an efficient telecommunications infrastructure. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ForewordAcknowledgmentsPreface1Overview12The Challenge: Changing the Growth Model53Knowledge and Economic Development: Recent Trends94MENA Countries' Readiness for the Knowledge Economy: A Snapshot175Social and Economic Frameworks256Education and Training337Innovation and Research418Telecommunications and the Information Infrastructure499Visions and Strategies5510Conclusion63AppBenchmarking MENA Countries' Readiness for the Knowledge Economy65References79Documents Presented at the World Bank Forum on Knowledge for Development in the Middle East and North Africa, September 9-12, 2002, Marseilles, France81
