Technological capabilities are at the center of the new theories of economic growth which focus on technology and human …

"Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low … income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may have limited the transfer of … possibility that technology absorption may have accelerated during the past decade. The authors investigate the hypothesis that …

"It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process …. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if … the markets do not function properly. While the microeconomic literature on technology adopted and diffusion focuses on …