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1 online resource (50 pages) |
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"The research described in this report was conducted in RAND's Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment and Labor and Population units with collaboration with the RAND Qatar Policy Institute and the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy, a center within RAND's International Programs." |
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Title from title screen (viewed May 30, 2013). |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Introduction -- A framework for a knowledge-based economy -- The GCC knowledge-economy landscape -- Policy implications and conclusions. |
| Summary |
While an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure is a crucial ingredient of a knowledge-based economy (KBE), a skilled labor force and a supportive institutional and business environment are equally important in that they facilitate an economy to use knowledge in a way that is appropriate to its level of development to increase productivity. Skills, education, and training are given their own importance in many countries, but these factors are not given as much attention as technology in discussions of the knowledge economy. However, without sufficient human capital and the appropriate policies in place to take advantage of adopted technologies, their potential is unlikely to be realized. This paper adopts a cross-country perspective and uses indicators and sub-indicators developed by various economic organizations to assess the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in terms of their development in the various dimensions of a knowledge economy. This assessment finds that, while the GCC countries have performed well in providing a physical ICT infrastructure, they need to focus more on human capital and the business environment to foster the balanced development of their knowledge economies. |
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Online resource. |
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Communication and technology -- Persian Gulf States.
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Human capital.
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Information resources -- Economic aspects -- Persian Gulf States.
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Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Persian Gulf States.
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Knowledge economy.
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Telecommunication -- Technological innovations -- Persian Gulf States.
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Communication et technologie -- États du golfe Persique.
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Sources d'information -- Aspect économique -- États du golfe Persique.
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Technologie de l'information -- Aspect économique -- États du golfe Persique.
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Économie du savoir.
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Télécommunications -- Innovations -- États du golfe Persique.
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Communication and technology
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Human capital
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Information resources -- Economic aspects
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Information technology -- Economic aspects
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Knowledge economy
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Telecommunication -- Technological innovations
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Persian Gulf States
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Welsum, Desiree van, author.
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Rand Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment (Organization)
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Labor and Population Program.
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Rand-Qatar Policy Institute.
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Center for Middle East Public Policy (Rand Corporation)
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Rand Corporation.
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Skills a missing link in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
| ISBN |
9780833082879 (electronic bk.) |
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0833082876 (electronic bk.) |
| Report No. |
RAND/RR-188-GCC |
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GBVCP 100866054X |
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