Leveraging High Technology to Drive Innovation and Competitiveness and Build the Sri Lankan Knowledge Economy
This study was done at an opportune time in Sri Lanka's history: with end of the war there is hope for the country's peace, prosperity, and growth. To encourage economic growth, this study examines how high technology can drive competitiv...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090913235237 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3104 |
| Summary: | This study was done at an opportune time
in Sri Lanka's history: with end of the war there is
hope for the country's peace, prosperity, and growth.
To encourage economic growth, this study examines how high
technology can drive competitiveness in key export-oriented
industries and help build a strong Sri Lankan knowledge
economy. The study examines global experience from economies
around the world, but particularly several in Southeast
Asia, to provide guidance on the role of national
governments in enabling the development of a high-tech
export sector and the application of high technologies in
domestic production. More specifically, it reviews public
policies, strategies, and investments in comparable
countries that have been successful in promoting the
absorption and use of high technologies for competitiveness,
and applies lessons to Sri Lanka. |
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