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245 0 0 _aWorld Development Report 1998/1999
_h[electronic resource]
_bKnowledge for Development.
260 _aWashington, D.C.
_bThe World Bank
_c1998.
300 _a1 online resource (256 p.)
520 _aThis is the twenty-first in the annual series assessing major development issues. This report acknowledges that knowledge, not capital, is the key to sustained economic growth and improvements in human well-being. It distinguishes between two sorts of knowledge:knowledge about technology, called technical knowledge or simply know-how, and knowledge about attributes, that is, knowledge about products, processes, or institutions. The report focuses on the relationship between the unequal distribution in know-how (knowledge gaps) across and within countries and the difficulties posed by having incomplete knowledge of attributes (information problems). In the first of three parts, the report discusses the importance of knowledge to development, and the risks and opportunities that the information revolution poses for developing countries. It then examines three critical steps that developing countries must take to narrow knowledge gaps:acquiring knowledge, absorbing knowledge, and communicating knowledge. Part 2 discusses the nature and extent of information problems, specific information problems, and three areas where information problems are most severe, namely in financial information, in environmental research, and in listening to the poor. Part 3 summarizes what knowledge and information requirements mean for developing government and international institution policies.
650 0 _a4Rural Development.
650 0 _aAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems.
650 0 _aAgriculture.
650 0 _aEducation for the Knowledge Economy.
650 0 _aEducation.
650 0 _aICT Policy and Strategies.
650 0 _aInformation and Communication Technologies.
650 0 _aKnowledge Economy.
650 0 _aMacroeconomics and Economic Growth.
650 0 _aRural Development Knowledge and Information Systems.
650 4 _aRural Development.
830 0 _aWorld Bank e-Library.
830 0 _aWorld development report.
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