Evaluation of the readiness of Sri Lanka to be a member of global knowledge society : critical knowledge factor analysis of Sri Lanka

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III ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV TABLE OF CONTENTS V LIST OF TABLES VIII LIST OF FIGURES X CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 2 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 6 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 7 1.4 IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY 7 1.5 METHODOLOGY 8 1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 9 CHAPTER 2 -LITERATURE REVIEW 10 2.1 EMERGING IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE IN GLOBAL ECONOMY 10 2.2 KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY; CONCEPTUAL CONFLICT 11 2.3 KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND ICT 13 2.4 KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND EDUCATION 16 2.5 KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 21 2.6 HOW TO MEASURE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES 22 CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODOLOGY 23 3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 23 3.2 SAMPLE PERIOD AND SOURCES OF DATA 25 3.3 OPERATIONALIZATION 26 3.4 DEFINITIONS OF COMPOUND INDICATORS 28 3.4.1 Media 29 3.4.2 Education 30 3.4.3 Employment Related factors 30 3.4 DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS 31 3.5 METHOD OF ANALYSIS 33 CHAPTER 4 -DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 35 4.1 MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES 35 4.1.1 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Media Indicators 35 4.1.2 South-East Asia, Sri Lanka and Traditional Jipp Curve Analysis 37

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