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Performance and progress of OIC countries towards building technology development capacity
This study evaluates the technology development capacity of 21 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries based on technology achievement index. The state of four fundamental contributors of technology development capacity, i.e. technology creation, diffusion of old technologies, diffusion of recent technologies and development of human skills, essential for indigenous technology development or/and technology transfer and adaptation is studied for each of the 21 OIC countries. Each fundamental factor is represented by two indicators. Achievement gap, comparing with the highest achiever, has been calculated for all the countries. Based on the achievement gap analysis, progress of each country during the five-year period (2009-2014) in building technology development capacity has been assessed. Strong and weak areas have been mentioned for some selected countries. Technology development capacity and achievement gap analysis of individual countries present useful information for the policy makers and planners of the relevant countries to formulate appropriate policies and programmes for enhancing national capacity for technology development.
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Achievement gap analysis, OIC countries, technology achievement index, technology development capacity.
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