GDP growth, the contribution of labour was 25.9 percent and that of capital was 50.2 percent. During the 1996-1997 period,export grew by 7.3 percent per annum but subsequently slowed down to 0.5 percent in 1998 due to economic contraction but a higher export growth of 14.1 percent per annum was achieved during the 1999-2000 period largely due to the growth in world demand for electronic products and the recovery of the regional economies. And also, during the 1998-2000 period, the government adopted additional to increase productivity, which included the allocation of more resources for research and development(R&D), expansion of education and training and technology improvements