China and the Knowledge Economy-Seizing the 21st Century. Overview
Carl Dahlman and Jean-Eric Aubert. This book, prepared by the World Bank in collaboration with the Chinese government and leading academics, argues that to address the growing economic, social and political pressures of the 21st Century China will have to build solid foundations for a knowledge-based economy by updating the economic and institutional regime; upgrading education and learning, and building information infrastructure. View document. (PDF, 114kb)

Closing the Gap in Education and Technology
In Closing the Gap in Education and Technology, principal authors David de Ferranti and Guillermo E. Perry advise Latin American and Caribbean governments to address the region’s deficits in skills and technology, and thereby boost productivity, which is essential to improving growth prospects. View document

En Breve: Chile’s Millenium Science Initiative(PDF, 513kb)

En Breve: Closing the Gap in Education and Technology(PDF, 673kb)

En Breve: Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy(PDF, 514kb)

Firm Based Training in P.R. China
The background of firm based training in P.R China during the transition process. Chinese government put forward two changes: 1. Economy system will change from plan system to market system. 2. Economy growth will be from extensive way to intensive way. Objective of state-owned enterprises reform: To establish modern enterprises system. View document(PDF, 953kb)

International Forum On Investment in Private Higher
Education at IFC
Announcement of IFC’s Health & Education Department International Forum On Investment In Private Higher Education held at IFC headquarters on 22 and 23 January 2004. View document. (doc, 31kb)

Lifelong Learning in the Global Knowledge Economy
Lifelong learning is education for the knowledge economy and becoming a necessity for countries to be able to compete in the global knowledge economy. The emergence of the global knowledge economy has put a premium on learning throughout the world. Ideas and know-how as a source of economic growth and development, along with the application of new technologies, have important implications for how people learn and apply knowledge throughout their lives. The World Bank’s involvement in lifelong learning is still at the conceptual stage, but in the years to come we expect more analytical work on lifelong learning and the policy dialogue in education will touch more and more on lifelong learning issues. This report provides a departure point for the continuing discussions.
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Lifelong Learning in the Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges for Developing Countries
This new World Bank report warns that developing countries will have little success boosting economic growth and reducing poverty unless they can close a growing ‘knowledge’ or education divide between themselves and richer countries. Investing in quality lifelong learning, the reports says, can help to close this gap by promoting economic vitality, reducing poverty, and encouraging open and cohesive societies. In a global economy which, like its semi-conductors, becomes faster and more powerful every year, lifelong learning allows people to prosper in a global economy which increasingly relies on the use of ideas and technology in devising smarter ways of working and doing business. This book is a roadmap for policymakers who wish to know more about the key issues and challenges of education in a knowledge economy.
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