The author examines the effect of regional characteristics on productivity growth in Indonesia. He discusses direct foreign investment as a source of new knowledge. His results from the econometric estimates indicate that at the lowest level of geographic aggregation, the district level, the...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) is currently promoting indigenous technology development through support of Chinese firms and, arguably, by restricting operations of foreign multinational firms. This policy seems to overlook the impact of foreign firms on technology development in local...