@article{22762,
      note = {"This report has been prepared by a team led by Carl  Dahlman"--Page iv.},
      author = {Dahlman, Carl J., and Bank, World and Vishwanath, Tara.  and Kouame, Auguste Tano.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/22762},
      title = {Knowledge for development /},
      abstract = {"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."--Description from  http://www-wds.worldbank.org.},
      recid = {22762},
      pages = {viii, 251 pages :},
}