The State of People and Knowledge in the GCC Countries per a New Index and the Future Ahead

Int. J. Knowl. Soc. Res. Pub Date : 2017-10-01 DOI:10.4018/IJKSR.2017100103

A. Alfantookh, S. H. Bakry

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TheGulfCooperationCouncil(GCC)countries,withtheirrichoilresources,arefacingtheproblem offallenoilpricesontheonehand,andreducedoilreservesontheother.Asaresult,theyaremoving towardlessdependenceonoil,andincreasingdependenceonpeopleandknowledge.Thispaper developsawidescope“peopleandknowledgeindex(PKI)”usingrelevantinternationalindicators madeavailablebyvariousinternationalorganizations.Theindexincludes“tenbuildingblocks.”Four oftheseblocksareconcernedwiththe“coreissues”ofpeopleandknowledge;whiletheothersix blocksarerelatedtothe“environmentissues”accordingtowhichpeopleandknowledgeinteract.The paperassessestheGCCcountriesaccordingtotheindexrevealingtheirstrengthsandweaknesses,and enablingthederivationofguidelinesfortheirfuturedevelopment.Theresultingguidelinesconsider howtheGCCcountriescandirecttheirfuturedevelopmenttowardahighandgrowingstandardof living,whilereducingdependenceonoil.Finally,thefutureuseofthenewindexishighlighted. KeywoRdS Bahrain, Knowledge, Kuwait, Oman, People, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The GCC Countries, United Arab Emirates

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海湾合作委员会国家的人口和知识状况(按新指数和未来)

TheGulfCooperationCouncil(GCC)countries、withtheirrichoilresources、arefacingtheproblem offallenoilpricesontheonehand、andreducedoilreservesontheother。Asaresult，theyaremoving towardlessdependenceonoil，andincreasingdependenceonpeopleandknowledge。Thispaper developsawidescope " peopleandknowledgeindex(PKI) " usingrelevantinternationalindicators madeavailablebyvariousinternationalorganizations.Theindexincludes " tenbuildingblocks。" Four oftheseblocksareconcernedwiththe " coreissues " ofpeopleandknowledge;whiletheothersix blocksarerelatedtothe " environmentissues " accordingtowhichpeopleandknowledgeinteract。The paperassessestheGCCcountriesaccordingtotheindexrevealingtheirstrengthsandweaknesses，and enablingthederivationofguidelinesfortheirfuturedevelopment。Theresultingguidelinesconsider howtheGCCcountriescandirecttheirfuturedevelopmenttowardahighandgrowingstandardof生活，whilereducingdependenceonoil.Finally，thefutureuseofthenewindexishighlighted。关键词巴林，知识，科威特，阿曼，人民，卡塔尔，沙特阿拉伯，海湾合作委员会国家，阿拉伯联合酋长国

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