Globalization, Technology Transfer, and Skill Accumulation in Low-Income Countries

Joerg Mayer

No DP2001-39, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Globalization has drastically improved access of technological latecomers to advanced technologies and provides a unique opportunity for low-income countries to raise per capita income. This paper shows that low-income countries as a group have in fact substantially increased the GDP-ratio of technology imports over the past few years, but that there are large cross-country discrepancies in technology upgrading within this group.

Keywords: Econometric models (Economic development); Globalization; Labour productivity; Technological innovations; Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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Working Paper: GLOBALIZATION, TECHNOLOGY TRANFER AND SKILL ACCUMULATION IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES (2000)
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