b countries compared to more developed countries, shown in figures 2 and 3. The Arab countries score poorly compared to Korea and Singapore for the Harbison Myers Index', technical enrolment index, engineering enrolment index, gross enrolment ratio at tertiary education and the share of tertiary students in s

• Harbison Myers Index 6 The concept of full-time equivalent researcher is adopted by UNESCO statistics on personnel. According to Lall (1999): "Harbison Myers Index is the sum of secondary enrolment and tertiary enrolment times five, both as a percentage of age group. Technical enrolment index is tertiary