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MPRA Munich Personal RePEc Archive Knowledge Transformation and Economic Development: The Role of Digital Technology- An Analysis Herani, Gobind M., Rajar, Allah Wasayo, Zaman, Noor and Alam, Adnan Indus Institute Of Higher Education (IIHE), Karachi, Pakistan 2007 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5575/ MPRA Paper No. 5575, posted 07. November 2007 / 04:48 Knowledge Transformation and Economic Development: The Role of Digital Technology- An Analysis * Gobind M. Herani, Riaz Ahmad Shirazi, ** Noor Zaman,*** and Adnan Alam**** ABSTRACT This paper assesses the role of evolutionary process in knowledge transformation and economic development, especially due to emerging diversified digital technology. Everywhere, in the world, ever-advancing digital technology is performing a revolutionary role in converting the world into a global village. The knowledge, scientific and non-scientific, is being transformed with an enormous speed through digital media. Getting education through technology is providing audio-visual way of enhancing knowledge. But digital technology has its positive and negative affects. It needs some positive steps to ensure the qualitative knowledge transformation. In this article copyrights of accessing computerized data is also discussed, which prevents legal transformation of knowledge for globalisation of the world, research based education, and economic development. There different views of different. Learned authors have presented different views for reflection and deeper understanding. This study, with brief history of knowl