Publications and Web Sites:

For more information, please visit http://www.imd.ch

b) 2001 WEF – refers to The Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Center for International Development ( CID), Harvard University. It reports a wide range of economic factors for a set of 75 countries. Data corresponding to some of the parameters for the Knowledge Assessment Matrix ( KAM) were obtained from the 2001-2002 edition of this report.

For more information on WEF, please visit http://www.weforum.org

For more information on CID, please visit http://www.cid.harvard.edu/

c) 2001 ILO - Yearbook of Labor Statistics - is published by the International Labour Organization, Geneva. Data were obtained from the 2000 edition.

For more information, please visit visit www.ilo.org

d) 2001 WDI – refers to The World Development Indicators published by the World Bank, Washington D.C. Data corresponding to some of the parameters for the Knowledge Assessment Matrix (KAM) were obtained from the 2001 edition of this report.

For more information, please visit http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2001/index.htm

e) 2001 UNDP - refers to the Human Development Report published by the United Nations Development Program ( UNDP). Data used here were obtained from the 2001 edition of this report. This year’s report is titled “ Making New Technologies work for Human Development”.

For more information, please visit www.undp.org/hdr2001/

f) [ ln ] - There are some variables in the KAM where observations for one or a few countries are very high compared to observations for most other countries. Thus, a graphical representation of these observations does not properly allow for showing differences between observations for the bulk of the countries. In order to allow for a better graphical representation of such variables, they have been transformed by taking natural logarithms (shown in brackets as ln). This transformation compresses the values of the outlying observations more than the values of the lower observations, and thus allows for better graphical presentations, although it needs to be kept in mind that the variables have been transformed.

g) 2000 IDC: IDC is a provider of technology intelligence, industry analysis, market data, and strategic and tactical guidance to builders, providers and users of information technology.

For more information, please visit http://www.idc.com

h) Kaufmann, Kraay, Zoido-Lobaton, World Bank, 2001 - Governance Matters II: Updated Indicators for 2000/01

Variables with this reference relate to a set of six aggregate indicators corresponding to six fundamental governance concepts.

For more information please visit http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/wp-governance.htm

i) SIMA : SIMA corresponds to SIMA (Statistical Information Management Analysis), a state-of-the-art online web query service available to World Bank staff and containing several time series, including national accounts, finance, social, energy, trade, government finance, and telecommunications data. The current KAM draws upon data from the latest version of SIMA.

j) USPTO stands for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the official agency dealing in all matters related to patents. For more information on this agency, please visit www.uspto.gov.

For more information on the data used for this exercise, please follow the instructions below.

Go to URL : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/reports.htm#PSR

Go down to the heading “ By Geographic Origin”. Select the link “ Patent Counts by Country/State and Year, All Patents, All Types Report”.

Please note: You will need Acrobat Reader software to read this .pdf file.

k) TIMSS stands for Third International Mathematics and Science Study. This online report is from the National Center for Educational Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. It reports average mathematics and science achievement of 8th grade students, by nation , for 1999 .

For more information, please visit http://nces.ed.gov/timss/timss-r/figure_1.html

l) Freedom House

This web site provides a cumulative score of the degree of press freedom in a country. The reported score was the overall number score found above the alphabetical acronym ( NF, F or PF) under each country profile. NF, PF and F stand for not free, partly free and free respectively. While navigating the site you will note that a low score corresponds to high press freedom and vice versa.

For more information, please visit http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/pressurvey.htm

m) 2001 Heritage Foundation

Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

For more information on the Heritage Foundation, please visit http://www.heritage.org/

For more information on the Index of Economic Freedom, please visit

http://www.heritage.org/index/2001/world.html

n) 2000 ITU corresponds to the Telecommunications Indicators reported on the website of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

For more information on the ITU, please visit http://www.itu.int

For more information on the ITU Telecommunications Indicators, please visit

http://www.itu.int/ti/industryoverview/

o) UNESCO 1999 corresponds to the UNESCO Yearbook of Indicators. The last edition was published in 1999.