The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are increasingly moving toward becoming knowledge-based economies, a new report says — with an important caveat. Despite recent progress, the volume of research publications remains low compared with non-GCC countries and is a long way behind more established knowledge economies, according to the report by Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC). The survey’s findings and discussions with the region’s research universities, have helped PwC to ...