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UNESCO and Knowledge Sharing

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UNESCO has published a set of five short documents describing and assessing its own efforts in knowledge sharing: * UNESCO and knowledge sharing; 2008 * UNESCO and knowledge sharing (2): the capacity-building function; 2008 * UNESCO and knowledge sharing (3): the clearing house function; 2008 * UNESCO and knowledge sharing (4): the laboratory of ideas function * UNESCO and knowledge sharing (5): how can UNESCO become a better They can all be more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on May 04, 2008

"Accelerating Economic Development Through University Technology Transfer"

This February 2005 study is based on a report prepared by Innovation Associates to the Connecticut Technology Transfer and Commercialization Advisory Board of the Governor's Competitiveness Council. After a summary of lessons learned through the project, the 155-page report includes detailed case studies of the tech transfer efforts of nine of the nation's leading research institutions: Carnegie Mellon University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Purdue more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on August 17, 2007

Book Review: Better Medical Practice is Not Rocket Science

This is a review of "Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance" by Atul Gawande (Metropolitan Books, 2007, 288 pages). The brief, easy-to-read book provides the author's observations on how to improve public health and medical practice, with examples from developing countries as well as the United States. Gawande says improving medical practice “does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try” The book emphasizes more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on June 25, 2007

"Sharing Knowledge: Innovations and Remaining Challenges"

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The World Bank's commitment to a comprehensive knowledge initiative, according to this World Bank report, "was timely and appropriate. It has sparked much innovation that has provided staff, clients, and partners with faster and easier access to Bank knowledge. But the new knowledge sharing activities have not been tightly linked to the Bank's core lending and nonlending processes. As a result, their impact on clients has been limited. The Bank, now entering the seventh year of its knowledge more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on May 27, 2007

Sharing Knowledge to Achieve Development Goals

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In 1996 the World Bank launched a comprehensive knowledge-sharing initiative, based on the understanding that development knowledge is a global public good that belongs to everyone, and from which everyone should benefit. The main objectives were to develop a world-class knowledge management system and to improve and expand the sharing of development knowledge with clients and partners, as well as among Bank staff, in order to improve the quality of Bank operations and to enhance the capacity more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on May 27, 2007

Knowledge Sharing: Water Supply Sector

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In 1996, the World Bank made a commitment to develop a world-class knowledge management system and to improve and expand its knowledge sharing with clients and other development partners as a complement to Bank lending. The commitment is based on the notion that the Bank's unique advantage is its ability to combine expert cross-country knowledge with in-depth understanding of country circumstances. This paper tests the above notions by evaluating the relevance, quality, innovativeness, and more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on May 27, 2007

Knowledge Sharing in Development Agencies: Lessons from Four Cases

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This paper provides a comparative perspective for the World Bank on knowledge sharing activities in four agencies: DFID, JICA and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on May 27, 2007

"Knowledge Sharing: A Review of the Literature"

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Since 1996, when the World Bank made a commitment to become a global knowledge bank, it has taken numerous steps to improve its information systems, strengthen internally and externally focused knowledge-sharing activities, and foster broader global knowledge-sharing initiatives, all in support of enhancing the Bank's and its partners' and clients' access to and sharing of ideas (Wolfensohn, 1996). As background to an assessment of the Bank's knowledge-sharing activities, this paper presents an more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on May 27, 2007

Evaluation of MOST National Liaison Committees

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This is an evaluation of an activity of UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Program. The program seeks to promote a culture of evidence-based policy-making – nationally, regionally and internationally. Developing nations, with their complex cultures, institutions and economies, and little tradition in evidence based policy-making have a great need for models and assistance in the utilization of research results. However, the MOST program objectives should resonate in any more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on February 06, 2007

Virtual Campus of Public Health

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The Campus' objective is "to contribute to the development and improvement of the efficiency of Public Health management through the resolution of cases closely related with professional practice, as well as to promote the exchange of experiences among professionals in the sector and among public health institutions of various countries. The Campus' course offering is directed towards decision makers, planners and management at middle and high administration levels directly or indirectly more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on June 30, 2005

USAID Knowledge for Development Website

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The U.S. Agency for International Development provides this website on Knowledge for Development. The agency K4D strategy can be downloaded, and there are other resources. The strategy deals primarily with the applications of ICT to improve that Agency's internal management of knowledge, but there is also a proposal to create an extranet to share knowledge outside the Agency. The strategy does not appear to focus on use of the Agency's resources to improve knowledge management in its client more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on March 02, 2005

SKA Library: Measuring Intangible Assets

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This library, provided by Karl-Erik Sveiby and his consulting firm, included many downloadable articles on measuring intangible assets. Many ICT projects and programs will have created such assets, and it would seem desirable to monitor and evaluate their magnitude, quality, and value. Svelby is especially interested in the value of such assets in the for-profit arena, and this should be easier than in the non-profit arena. In the for-profit case, one can approximate the value of intangible more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on December 24, 2004

"Mapping knowledge domains"

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From the Introduction: "The term "mapping knowledge domains" was chosen to describe a newly evolving interdisciplinary area of science aimed at the process of charting, mining, analyzing, sorting, enabling navigation of, and displaying knowledge. This field is aimed at easing information access, making evident the structure of knowledge, and allowing seekers of knowledge to succeed in their endeavors. Although thousands of years old, this area has undergone a sea change in the last 15 years, a more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on November 10, 2004

USAID: Knowledge for development [KfD] strategy, FY 2004-2008

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This paper provides an overview of the U.S. Agency for International Development's plans to develop a knowledge management system for the Agency. "USAID envisions providing its staff, stakeholders, partners, the development community and aid recipients with the power to access and leverage worldwide development knowledge, generate new intellectual capital, and continuously learn from their activities." USAID, 8 July 2004. (PDF, 55 pages, 242 KB.)

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on August 17, 2004

"The Role of Knowledge Management and Information Sharing in Capacity Building for Sustainable Development: An Example from South Africa"

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Summary: "The coastal areas of the Northern Cape, South Africa, and the transfrontier region with Namibia are in a state of rapid transformation from a mining-based economy to one supporting diverse and sustainable livelihoods. Land-based diamond mining activities are in the early stages of decommissioning while a number of planning and development initiatives are underway. Key obstacles to integrated planning and development in the region are insufficient and inaccessible information. more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on August 10, 2004

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