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Author Kumar, Krishna B., author

Title Knowledge-based economies and basing economies on knowledge : skills a missing link in GCC countries / Krishna B. Kumar, Desiree van Welsum
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (50 pages)
Contents 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
Notes "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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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource
Subject Communication and technology -- Persian Gulf States
Human capital.
Information resources -- Economic aspects -- Persian Gulf States
Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Persian Gulf States
Knowledge economy.
Telecommunication -- Technological innovations -- Persian Gulf States
Communication and technology
Human capital
Information resources -- Economic aspects
Information technology -- Economic aspects
Knowledge economy
Telecommunication -- Technological innovations
Persian Gulf States
Form Electronic book
Author Welsum, Desiree van, author
Rand Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment (Organization)
Labor and Population Program.
Rand-Qatar Policy Institute.
Center for Middle East Public Policy (Rand Corporation)
Rand Corporation.
ISBN 9780833082879
0833082876
Other Titles Skills a missing link in Gulf Cooperation Council countries