Diversity Indices of Technical Capability of 14 African Countries

Voxi Heinrich S Amavilah ()

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Abstract: I outline four, and calculate two, broad indices of the diversity of technical capability of 14 African countries based on nine common descriptors of technical capability. I find technical capability to be heterogenous, and conclude that performance policies that ignore technical diversity of capability are potentially misleading, ineffective, and perhaps even damaging.

Keywords: diversity indices; technical capability; diversity technical capability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O55 O49 C63 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-02-05
Note: Type of Document - wpd; pages: 19 . Preliminary & Incomplete Draft. Comments appreciated. Figures available by email if not clear enough.
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