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...
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World development report 1998/1999 : knowledge for development - summary : Rapport sur le developpement dans le monde 1998/1999 : le savoir au service du developpement - resume (French). World Development Report|World Development Indicators Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/437511468166158678