The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations Export

@article{hidalgoetal07, abstract = {Economies grow by upgrading the products they produce and export. The technology, capital, institutions, and skills needed to make newer products are more easily adapted from some products than from others. Here, we study this network of relatedness between products, or "product space," finding that more-sophisticated products are located in a densely connected core whereas less-sophisticated products occupy a less-connected periphery. Empirically, countries move through the product space by developing goods close to those they currently produce. Most countries can reach the core only by traversing empirically infrequent distances, which may help explain why poor countries have trouble developing more competitive exports and fail to converge to the income levels of rich countries. 10.1126/science.1144581}, address = {Center for Complex Network Research and Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA. chidalgo@nd.edu}, author = {Hidalgo, C. A. and Klinger, B. and Barabasi, A. L. and Hausmann, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {1524198}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144581}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/317/5837/482.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/317/5837/482.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/317/5837/482}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17656717}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17656717}, day = {27}, doi = {10.1126/science.1144581}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {cluster, geography, pathdependence, trade}, month = {July}, number = {5837}, pages = {482--487}, posted-at = {2008-10-08 15:15:04}, priority = {2}, title = {The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144581}, volume = {317}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - hidalgoetal07 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1524198 N2 - Economies grow by upgrading the products they produce and export. The technology, capital, institutions, and skills needed to make newer products are more easily adapted from some products than from others. Here, we study this network of relatedness between products, or "product space," finding that more-sophisticated products are located in a densely connected core whereas less-sophisticated products occupy a less-connected periphery. Empirically, countries move through the product space by developing goods close to those they currently produce. Most countries can reach the core only by traversing empirically infrequent distances, which may help explain why poor countries have trouble developing more competitive exports and fail to converge to the income levels of rich countries. 10.1126/science.1144581 IS - 5837 JF - Science SN - 1095-9203 AD - Center for Complex Network Research and Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA. chidalgo@nd.edu EP - 487 TI - The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations VL - 317 SP - 482 KW - cluster KW - geography KW - pathdependence KW - trade AU - Hidalgo, CA AU - Klinger, B AU - Barabasi, AL AU - Hausmann, R PY - 2007/07/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144581 ER -