Diversity Indices of Technical Capability of 14 African Countries

I outline four, and calculate two, broad indices of the diversity of technical capability of 14 African countries based on nine common descriptors of technical capability. I find technical capability to be heterogenous, and conclude that performance policies that ignore technical diversity of capability are potentially misleading, ineffective, and perhaps even damaging.

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Year of publication:	2005-02-05
Authors:	Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich
Institutions:	EconWPA
Subject:	diversity indices \| technical capability \| diversity technical capability

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Extent:	application/pdf application/postscript
Series:	Development and Comp Systems.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Type of Document - wpd; pages: 19 . Preliminary & Incomplete Draft. Comments appreciated. Figures available by email if not clear enough. 19 pages
Classification:	O55 - Africa ; O49 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity. Other ; C63 - Computational Techniques ; P52 - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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