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World Development Report 1998/1999 : Knowledge for Development
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank.
- Series:
- World Bank e-Library.
- World Development Report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems.
- Agriculture.
- Education.
- Education for the Knowledge Economy.
- ICT Policy and Strategies.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Knowledge Economy.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems.
- Local Subjects:
- Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems.
- Agriculture.
- Education.
- Education for the Knowledge Economy.
- ICT Policy and Strategies.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Knowledge Economy.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Other Title:
- World Development Report
- World Development Report 1998/1999
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1998
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-30419-X
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