Global economic prospects : 2008: Technology diffusion in the developing world
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c2008
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| Institutions: | World Bank (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington, DC : World Bank |
| Subject: | Entwicklungsländer | Developing countries | Innovationsdiffusion | Innovation diffusion | Welt | World | Entwicklung | Economic development | Technologietransfer | Technology transfer | Wirtschaftswachstum | Economic growth |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] |
Online Resource
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xvi, 201 p) col. ill |
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| Series: | Global economic prospects ; 2008 |
| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Technological achievement and diffusion in developing countries; Figure 1 Robust growth among developing countries should cushion the developed country slowdown; Figure 2 Scientific innovation and invention is almost exclusively a high-income activity; Figure 3 Technological achievement: Converging, but the gap remains large; Figure 4 The penetration of older and more recent technologies depends on more than income; Figure 5 Technological achievement tends to level off at different income levels in different regions Figure 6 Most technologies fail to penetrate deeply into developing economiesFigure 7 The urban-rural gap in telephone access in India is huge; Figure 8 Domestic absorptive capacity both conditions and attracts external flows; Figure 9 Developing countries' trade in technology goods has risen; Figure 10 Macroeconomic stability has improved since the early 1990s; Figure 11 Literacy rates have increased in all regions; Some policy directions; Figure 12 Developing regions have much poorer governance than do OECD countries; Box 1 Summary of empirical results; Note; References Chapter 1 Prospects for Developing CountriesFigure 1.1 The perceived riskiness of high-yield corporate bonds increased more than that of emerging market bonds; Figure 1.2 Emerging market asset sell-off more severe than during earlier periods of market turbulence; Figure 1.3 Global equity markets fall, then recover led by emerging markets; Table 1.1 Gross capital flows to developing countries, 2005-07; Figure 1.4 A step-down in growth in 2008; Table 1.2 The global outlook in summary, 2005-09; Figure 1.5 Volatile patterns of growth among OECD countries Figure 1.6 Tighter credit and weak housing yield slower U.S. growthFigure 1.7 Robust growth in developing country industrial production; Table 1.3 Recent economic indicators, developing regions, 2005-07; Figure 1.8 Developing growth retains strong momentum during the first half of 2007...; Figure 1.9 ...with growth moderating through 2009; Figure 1.10 East Asia now accounts for one-quarter of China's imports; Figure 1.11 External positions vary widely across Europe and Central Asia; Figure 1.12 Growth eases in 2007 for the Latin America and Caribbean region Figure 1.13 Continued oil revenue gains support growth among Middle East and North Africa oil exportersBox 1.1 Developing country exports in the wake of the removal of barriers to Chinese exports; Figure 1.14 South Asia growth is slowing as the Indian rupee appreciates; Figure 1.15 Oil exporters drive 2007 growth results for Sub-Saharan Africa; Table 1.4 Developments and prospects for world trade and payments; Figure 1.16 Weak U.S. growth reduces demand for developing country exports; Figure 1.17 Export opportunities for high-income countries Figure 1.18 U.S. current account narrows over 2007 and is likely to continue doing so Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 0-8213-7365-X ; 0-8213-7366-8 ; 978-0-8213-7366-8 ; 978-0-8213-7365-1 ; 978-0-8213-7365-1 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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