Knowledge economics requires both accrued efforts in the fields of education and training, and a new brand of education and training. The number of specialists in the area of information is increasing steadily, which requires the training of scientists and workers in this area. In the area of information technology, the number of specialists is below expectations. And information illiteracy has become one of the phenomena that is impeding progress. On the one hand, the swift development of knowledge requires lifelong training and scientific and technological levels of employment higher than before. And it has become an urgent need for employees to acquire education. The highest salaries are likely to go to workers that are able to cope with digitized information and information technology more than to manual work or physical effort. On the other hand, acquiring knowledge has become easier and less expensive than before owing to the existence of information networks, which requires the control of foreign languages especially English and efforts towards Arabization. 

In many countries, studies show that demand for workers having qualifications in information knowledge and technology is higher than that for uneducated and unqualified workers, which would impact the structure of the market and the distribution of salaries. This phenomenon invites governments to reconsider their salaries, employment, and education policies. 

In sum, there is international demand for qualified employees in knowledge and information, and readiness to raise their salaries. There is also a swift development in knowledge, which requires more demand for expert employment in technology. The structure of firms and factories is changing towards information technology. The change and development of machinery to ensure competition require employees that are capable of learning for life, and increase the rate of unemployment among manual workers.