أثر واردات السلع التكنولوجية على النمو الاقتصادي في السودان

Abstract EN

The study discussed issue of impact of technological advance on economic growth in Sudan.

Where aimed at determining the role of technological advance, its tasks, importance and contribution in economic growth.

The stud proposed hypothesis that there is significant direct-relationship between economic growth and technological advance.

Practically, technological-commodity imports have been used as proxy for technical advance whereas, percentage annual change in GDP used as indicator for economic growth.

Applying, the Ordinary Least Squares OLS, to the specified simple linear econometric-modelfor the study period, the study results confirm the hypothesis that technological-commodity imports in Sudan have significant positive effect on economic growth the matter that may contribute considerably in improving living standards of people and affecting positively on other economic macrovariablesand increase efficiency of economic activities in Sudan.

Moreover, the study found that high efficiency of technical advance can GDP via using modern equipment in production process.

Accordingly, the study recommended for necessity to introduce modern mechanization in production process namely the agricultural one because it may lead to direct increase in productivity, Furthermore, to provide modern means of transportwhich facilitate transport of imports and exports then strengthening the national economy