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Title:Non-Parametric Diversity Indices of Technical Capability of African Countries
Author:Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S.ISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:African Development Review
Volume:18
Issue:2
Period:September
Pages:205-220
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:technology
science and technology policy
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
External link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8268.2006.00139.x/pdf
Abstract:Academic research often claims that the lack of technical capability undermines Africa's economic growth. Policy decisions based on that claim then recommend technological improvement, where technology is generally treated as a homogenous manna from heaven. This paper outlines four, and calculates two, broad indices of the diversity of technical capability of 14 African countries based on nine common descriptors of technical capability. It finds technical capability to be heterogeneous both within and across countries, and concludes that performance policies that overlook diversity of technical capability are potentially misleading, ineffective, and perhaps even damaging (growth retarding). Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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