Kamis, 27 Juni 2013

Knowledge Economic Index

Knowledge Economic Index is a tool create as benchmarking a country position in the global knowledge economy. The Knowledge Economic Index was created by the World Bank using the Knowledge assessment Methodology. The Knowledge Index or KI is an economic indicator prepared by world bank to measure a country ability to generate, adopt and diffuse knowledge. he Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) takes into account whether the environment is conducive for knowledge to be used effectively for economic development. It is an aggregate index that represents the overall level of development of a country or region towards the Knowledge Economy. The KEI is calculated based on the average of the normalized performance scores of a country or region on all 4 pillars related to the knowledge economy - economic incentive and institutional regime, education and human resources, the innovation system and ICT. The pillar or framework to create a knowledge economy framework are :


  • An economic and institutional regime to provide incentives for the efficient use of existing and new knowledge and the flourishing of entrepreneurship;
  • An educated and skilled population to create, share, and use knowledge well;
  • An efficient innovation system of firms, research centers, universities, consultants and other organizations to tap into the growing stock of global knowledge, assimilate and adapt it to local needs, and create new technology;
  • Information and communication technology to facilitate the effective creation, dissemination, and processing of information.



  • The List of KEI and KI can be seen at world bank website. For now the rank 1 country in KEI and KI are Sweden with KEI score 9.43 and KI score 9.38. At the second place are Finland with 9.33 (KEI) and 9.22 (KI). Taiwan,China have the highest KEI and KI score among other Asian Country the KEI for Taiwan are 8.77 and 9.10 for KI. Indonesia on the other hand only rank 108 with 3.11 (KEI) and 2.99 (KI) it lower than Vietnam with 3.40 (KEI) and 3.60 (KI).

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