Holdings: Closing the Gap in Education and Technology

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Closing the Gap in Education and Technology

The note looks at what it takes for countries, and firms to "learn how to learn". Education is vital, for at least two reasons. First, it has always been a critical complement to technological advance. Emerging evidence suggests that the...

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Main Author:	Perry, Guillermo
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION AGED CAPACITY OF FIRMS CAPITA INCOME CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL STOCK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DEFICITS IN TECHNOLOGY DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC R&D ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS EDUCATIONAL TRANSITION EFFECTIVE DEMAND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENROLLMENT RATES EXPENDITURES FOREIGN TECHNOLOGIES FOREIGN TRADE GAP IN EDUCATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GROSS TERTIARY ENROLLMENT GROSS TERTIARY ENROLLMENT RATE GROWTH OF DEMAND FOR EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTS INCENTIVES FOR FIRMS INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL CONSORTIA INEQUALITY IN WAGES INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATION SYSTEMS INNOVATIVE CAPACITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OBSERVATORIES LEARNING LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION NATIONAL HUMAN CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES NET SECONDARY ENROLLMENT NET SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS PATENT REGISTRATION PATENTS PATH OF INNOVATION PER CAPITA INCOME POOR COUNTRIES PRIVATE EXPANSION PRIVATE R & D PRIVATE R & D PER WORKER PRIVATE R&D PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES R&D RATES OF PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY LEVEL SKILL UPGRADING SKILLED WORKERS SPEAKING SUCCESSFUL COUNTRIES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TECHNOLOGICAL ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGICAL STAGNATION TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION INDICATORS UNIVERSITY EDUCATION WAGES EDUCATION & TRAINING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SERVICES COMPLEMENTARITY EDUCATIONAL EQUALIZATION SKILL ANALYSIS EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT ROLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2637341/closing-gap-education-technology http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10384

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2637341/closing-gap-education-technology
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10384