Technology Adoption and the Middle-Income Trap : Lessons from the Middle East and East Asia (English)

This paper documents the existence of a "middle-income trap" for the Middle East and North Africa region and contrasts the evidence with that of the East Asia and Pacific region. The results are two-folds. First, non-parametric regressions show that the average rate of economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa has not only been significantly lower than that in the East Asia and Pacific region, but it has also tended to drop at an earlier...

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Author

Arezki,Rabah;

Fan,Yuting;

Nguyen,Ha Minh;
Document Date
2019/05/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8870
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Middle East and North Africa,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2019/05/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Technology Adoption and the Middle-Income Trap : Lessons from the Middle East and East Asia
Keywords
technology adoption

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Arezki,Rabah; Fan,Yuting; Nguyen,Ha Minh.

Technology Adoption and the Middle-Income Trap : Lessons from the Middle East and East Asia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8870 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314521559247613834

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