Knowledge for Development?: Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid
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'New information technology has the capacity to revolutionize the delivery of development assistance, but only if accompanied by institutional changes, including a move away from centralization and top-down aid processes. In this excellent book the authors present a detailed analysis and balanced assessment of the prospects for knowledge-based aid to achieve the goal of improving aid effectiveness. Based on conceptual framework setting and a close examination of actual experience they conclude that success depends on reconceptualizing aid itself in the direction of capacity building in poor countries.'
Ravi Kanbur, T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, Cornell University
'Knowledge management is popular. Aid agencies talk easily of sharing stories, communities of practice and double-loop learning. But are they ready to sacrifice a preoccupation with results and a concern to disseminate 'best practice' in favour of real partnership and mutual learning across divergent networks? King and McGrath are sceptical. Their case studies and argument challenge all of us involved in the production, sharing, and use of knowledge.'
Simon Maxwell, Director of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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