Arbeitspapier

Trajectories of knowledge economy in 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-based economy dimensions. The paper employs all the four components of the World Bank's Knowledge Economy Index (KEI): economic incenti ves , 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 of 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 also discussed.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/19/013

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Policy Coordination and Transmission
Economic Development: General
Technological Change: Government Policy
Comparative Studies of Countries
Economic Systems: General
Thema
Knowledge economy
Principal component analysis
Panel data
Convergence
Development

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Asongu, Simplice
Andrés, Antonio R.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
(wo)
Yaoundé
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Asongu, Simplice
  • Andrés, Antonio R.
  • African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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