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Knowledge Cooperation Opportunities between Saudi Arabia and the BRICS

Knowledge Cooperation Opportunities between Saudi Arabia and the BRICS

Abdulkader Alfantookh, Saad Haj Bakry
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 7 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 1947-8429|EISSN: 1947-8437|EISBN13: 9781466692541|DOI: 10.4018/IJKSR.2016070103
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Alfantookh, Abdulkader, and Saad Haj Bakry. "Knowledge Cooperation Opportunities between Saudi Arabia and the BRICS." IJKSR vol.7, no.3 2016: pp.31-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKSR.2016070103

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Alfantookh, A. & Bakry, S. H. (2016). Knowledge Cooperation Opportunities between Saudi Arabia and the BRICS. International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (IJKSR), 7(3), 31-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKSR.2016070103

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Alfantookh, Abdulkader, and Saad Haj Bakry. "Knowledge Cooperation Opportunities between Saudi Arabia and the BRICS," International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (IJKSR) 7, no.3: 31-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKSR.2016070103

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Abstract

It has been emphasized that building global knowledge societies enhances the human capital and that this would lead to the promotion of peace and development for the benefit of the whole world. This paper introduces a knowledge assessment framework based on the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) knowledge society paradigm, and on available international indicators. The framework provides an index that consists of “28 indicators,” with “4 sub-indices”; and a criterion for comparing the measured values of the indicators and identifying prioritized knowledge cooperation opportunities. The framework is used to investigate these opportunities between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). It has been found that KSA enjoys high level of knowledge society enablement from which the BRICS can gain; while the BRICS enjoy high level of knowledge productivity from which KSA can gain. Bridging the gap between the two sides will be useful to both, and to building global knowledge societies.

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