Erection of the knowledge economy : a strong development potential for industrialized countries and a perspective for developing countries

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The paper provides a diagnosis of the fragile position of developing countries in the knowledge economy and proposes recommendations to enhance it.

The paper opted for: to measure the intensity of the contribution of knowledge to the economic performance of developing countries, a Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) has been developed to classify industries according to the knowledge content (high, medium and low).

We present a number of theoretical, making use of econometric techniques developed to justify the role of knowledge production and ownership of skills in the development of activities that generate high added value.

We constated that : The Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) follows the following form: The success of a strategy of building the knowledge economy will depend on a number of conditions which require, among other things, a deepening of reforms to the pillars of economy, development of a modern infrastructure science and technology, skills development and intensification of scientific research, a favorable regulatory framework for economic and technological change and respect the rules of intellectual property.