Knowledge for Development? : Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid.
Kenneth. King
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books Ltd, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (251 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; ONE: Researching knowledge-based aid; TWO: The new aid agenda; THREE: Knowledge for development; FOUR: The World Bank or the knowledge bank?; FIVE: From information management to knowledge sharing: DFID's unfinished revolution; SIX: Knowledge, learning and capacity in the Swedish approach to development co-operation; SEVEN: Experience, experts and knowledge in Japanese aid policy and practice; EIGHT: Conclusions and implications for knowledge, aid and development; Bibliography; Index;. - In 1996, the World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, declared that his organization would henceforth be 'the knowledge bank'. A new discourse of knowledge-based aid has since spread rapidly across the development field. This book is the first detailed attempt to analyse this new discourse and practice. 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 - it explores what this new approach to aid means in both theory and practice. I
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| Emner | World Bank : (NO-TrBIB)90079831
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| ISBN | 0796920583. - 1842773240. - 1842773259
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