TY  - GEN
AB  - "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.
AU  - Dahlman, Carl J.,
AU  - Bank, World
AU  - Vishwanath, Tara.
AU  - Kouame, Auguste Tano.
CN  - HC59.7
CN  - HD30.2
CN  - HC59.5
ID  - 22762
KW  - Communication
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Information services
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of
KW  - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
KW  - Economic indicators
KW  - Infrastructure (Economics)
KW  - International economic relations
KW  - Knowledge economy.
KW  - Competition, International
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Knowledge, Sociology of
KW  - Economic development.
KW  - Knowledge, Sociology of.
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of.
KW  - Economic indicators.
KW  - Knowledge management
KW  - Information society.
KW  - Agriculture.
KW  - ICT Policy and Strategies.
KW  - Education.
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Welfare economics.
KW  - International economic relations.
KW  - Competition, International.
KW  - Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems.
KW  - Education for the Knowledge Economy.
KW  - Information and Communication Technologies.
KW  - Rural development.
KW  - Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems.
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Information technology.
KW  - KNOWLEDGE : WORLD DEVELOPMENT
KW  - LAW AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES : ECONOMIC SCIENCE : QUESTIONS REGARDING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
KW  - Société informatisée.
KW  - Concurrence internationale.
KW  - Gestion des connaissances
LA  - eng
N1  - "This report has been prepared by a team led by Carl Dahlman"--Page iv.
N1  - "Including Selected World Development Indicators"--Cover.
N1  - "This report has been prepared by a team led by Carl Dahlman"--(p. iv.).
N1  - "Published for the World Bank.".
N1  - "This year's World Development Report, the twenty-first in this annual series, examines the role of knowledge in advancing economic and social wellbeing."--Foreword.
N1  - En cub.: "Including selected World Development Indicators 1998/1999.".
N1  - En cub.:The World Bank.
N1  - "This year's World Development Report, the twenty-first in this annual series, examines the role of knowledge in advancing economic and social wellbeing"--Préf.
N1  - På omslaget: Including selected World development indicators 1998/99.
N1  - "Including selected world development indicators 1998/99"--Cover.
N1  - "This year's World Development Report, the twenty-first in this annual series, examines the role of knowledge in advancing economic and social wellbeing."--Prefacio.
N1  - Additional physical form: Print Version:9780195211184.
N2  - "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.
SN  - 0195211189
T1  - Knowledge for development /
TI  - Knowledge for development /
ER  -