Knowledge for development? : comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank aid
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Knowledge for development? : comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank aid
HSRC Press , Zed Books, 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: South Africa, pbk ISBN 9780796920584
Description
This publication is the first detailed critique of knowledge-based development aid and what it means in both theory and practice. The study examines four of the most influential international development agencies including the World Bank. It is essential reading for development specialists and of interest to comparative educationalists.
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: hbk ISBN 9781842773246
Description
In 1996, the World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, declared that his organization would henceforth be 'the knowledge bank'. This marked the beginning of a new discourse of knowledge-based aid, which has spread rapidly across the development field. This book is the first detailed attempt to analyse this new discourse.
Through an examination of four agencies -- the World Bank, the British Department for International Development, the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency -- the book explores what this new approach to aid means in both theory and practice. It concludes that too much emphasis has been on developing capacity within agencies rather than addressing the expressed needs of Southern 'partners'. It also questions whether knowledge-based aid leads to greater agency certainty about what constitutes good development.
Table of Contents
1. Researching Knowledge-Based Aid
2. The New Aid Agenda
3. Knowledge for Development
4. The World Bank or the Knowledge Bank?
5. From Information Management to Knowledge Sharing: DFID's Unfinished Revolution
6. Knowledge, Learning and Capacity in the Swedish Approach to Development Cooperation
7. Experience, Experts and Knowledge in Japanese Aid Policy and Practice
8. Conclusions and Implications for Knowledge, Aid and Development
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: pbk ISBN 9781842773253
Description
In 1996, the World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, declared that his organization would henceforth be 'the knowledge bank'. This marked the beginning of a new discourse of knowledge-based aid, which has spread rapidly across the development field. This book is the first detailed attempt to analyse this new discourse.
Through an examination of four agencies -- the World Bank, the British Department for International Development, the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency -- the book explores what this new approach to aid means in both theory and practice. It concludes that too much emphasis has been on developing capacity within agencies rather than addressing the expressed needs of Southern 'partners'. It also questions whether knowledge-based aid leads to greater agency certainty about what constitutes good development.
Table of Contents
1. Researching Knowledge-Based Aid
2. The New Aid Agenda
3. Knowledge for Development
4. The World Bank or the Knowledge Bank?
5. From Information Management to Knowledge Sharing: DFID's Unfinished Revolution
6. Knowledge, Learning and Capacity in the Swedish Approach to Development Cooperation
7. Experience, Experts and Knowledge in Japanese Aid Policy and Practice
8. Conclusions and Implications for Knowledge, Aid and Development
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