Banking on knowledge : the genesis of the Global Development Network / edited by Diane Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stone, Diane, 1964-

Global Development Network.

Series:

Warwick studies in globalisation.

Warwick studies in globalisation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Research.

Economic development.

Communication in economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Banking on Knowledge is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'Knowledge Bank'. The book addresses how international organizations and governments are developing partnerships with think tanks, research institutes and other knowledge institutions in the hope of informing and improving policies for reform and development around the world.The book focuses on the recently established Global Development Network (GDN). The GDN is a new and ambitious initiative, sponsored by the World Bank, which is possibly the largest worldwide non-governmental

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Prologue by Lyn Squire; Foreword by Diery Seck; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; The GDN and knowledge for development; The genesis of the GDN; Scan globally, reinvent locally: knowledge infrastructure and the localisation of knowledge; The instrumentalisation of development knowledge; Civil society engagement; Think tanks in independent Belarus: catalysts for social transformation; New partnerships in research: activists and think tanks. An illustration from the NCAER in New Delhi

Building productive partnerships for the promotion of reform: the APOYO Institute in PeruReform and reconstruction; The challenges of intervention for Cambodian think tanks; Post-communist think tanks: making and faking influence; Influencing government policy making; Knowledge across borders; Southeast Asian research institutes and regional cooperation; Globalisation, think tanks and policy transfer; Think tanks and the ecology of policy inquiry; Conclusion; Knowledge, power and policy; Index

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a conference held in Bonn, 1999 to launch the Global Development Network.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-53693-3

1-134-53694-1

0-203-37818-0

0-203-36142-3

1-280-04648-1

9780203361429

OCLC:

81014705