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2009 | 1(58) | 42-68

Article title

LATVIA AND THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: DEVELOPMENT, UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

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Abstracts

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Development differs from growth, which is related only to the improvement of economic indicators; in other words, a country's economy may grow in a stationary way without real development that is dependent on innovation. Also, there is a relationship between development and growth. This study looks at the current development of Latvia and concludes that there is growth but not development. The author suggests that only a profound change in the local political culture, along with policies for attracting foreign direct investment and directing local savings to strategic sectors, can change the current socio-economic situation in Latvia. The main challenge is to direct these changes in a way that shapes structures based on the knowledge society. That would ensure a non-subordinated insertion of the country into the international division of labour, stabilise the economy, improve its macroeconomic performance and develop the country.

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  • Janis Berzins, Riga Stradina University, Faculty of European Studies, Department of Political Sciences, Dzirciema 16, Riga, LV 1007, Latvia

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CEJSH db identifier
09LVAAAA05759

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bwmeta1.element.76ad9ef7-e339-3ec9-91b4-19f9e64f931f
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