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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450392703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-53694-1; 0-203-37818-0; 0-203-36142-3; 1-280-04648-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Collana: Warwick studies in globalisation
• Altri autori (Persone): StoneDiane <1964->
• Disciplina: 338.9/007/2
• Soggetti: Economic development - Research; Communication in economic development; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on papers presented at a conference held in Bonn, 1999 to launch the Global Development Network.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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