Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Nour, S.
Author-Email: nour@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Khartoum, UNU-MERIT
Title: Challenges and opportunities for transition to knowledge-based economy in
	 Arab Gulf countries
Abstract: This paper uses the descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the 
	 OECD 1996 definition of a knowledge-based economy, the World Bank 
	 Knowledge Index and Knowledge Economy Index and other indicators to 
	 examine progress and challenges in transition to knowledge-based 
	 economies in Arab Gulf countries. We fill the gap in the Gulf literature 
	 and present more comprehensive analysis of progress and challenges 
	 impedes transition to knowledge-based economies in Arab Gulf countries. 
	 Our findings support the first hypothesis concerning relative progress 
	 in transition to knowledge-based economies in Arab Gulf countries. Our 
	 results corroborate the second hypothesis that transition to 
	 knowledge-based economies faces several challenges in Arab Gulf 
	 countries. Our findings support the third hypothesis concerning 
	 variation in transition to knowledge based economies across Arab Gulf 
	 countries. Therefore, it is essential for Arab Gulf countries to 
	 implement sound and coherent policies to enhance transition to a knowledge 
	 based economy in Arab Gulf countries. 
Classification-JEL: O10, O11, O30 
Keywords: Knowledge, knowledge index, knowledge-based economy, Arab Gulf countries 
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20140331
Number: 2014-030
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2014/wp2014-030.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 800 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014030