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VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The "knowledge gap" is a major cause of poverty and is behind almost 60 percent of the giant income disparity between Sub-Saharan African countries and industrialized countries, a U.N. development agency said Wednesday.
The 2005 Industrial Development report also said it is getting increasingly difficult for poor countries to catch up because industrialized countries are quickly developing their use of knowledge and technology.
"Developing countries' prospects for catching up with more advanced countries in productivity and income hinge increasingly on their ability to rapidly build up competencies," the report said.
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