... to knowledge-based development requires the creation of an enabling environment driven by skills, innovation, institutions and ICT. Findings – The paper suggests that knowledge transfer enables developing countries to sustain development. Access to global/western knowledge allows developing countries...

... to participate in the economy. Allam Ahmed can be contacted at: allam@sussex.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Poverty ICTs Arab countries Development Knowledge Information Globalization Poverty is a product of man's failure to allocate resources in an equitable manner...

... of growth of the knowledge economies in the twenty-first century. In the decade of 1950s and 1960s the supremacy of the USA in science and technology and innovation was well known. With increasing globalization many new players have come to the forefront including India. The supremacy of the USA...

.... Further, it probes whether the “globalisation process” is likely to change the collaboration pattern or transform India's innovation system and processes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is structured around five sections that include analysis of different stages of globalization...