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Knowledge Sharing, Communities of Practice, and Organizational Change at the World Bank Group

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This article by Lesley Shneier, Sr Knowledge Specialist at the World Bank, chronicles the Knowledge Management initiative from its early days through 2005. Lesley was a member of the original 5-person KM team that introduced knowledge sharing to the World Bank and grew it into a world-class institution-wide program.

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Danida's Professional Networks - case story

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The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has established an open access internet based network for professionals working in development assistance. The case story gives a brief summary of the lessons learned.

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India’s National Knowledge Commission launches its Website

According to the website, “The 21st Century has been acknowledged worldwide as the 'Knowledge Century'. Every nation now finds itself operating in an increasingly competitive and globalised international environment where the information infrastructure, research and innovation systems, education and lifelong learning, and regulatory frameworks are crucial variables.”

India’s National Knowledge Commission (NKC) was established on June 13, 2005 and will continue to work till October 2, 2008 to achieve its objectives. Commission’s Terms of Reference, Objectives, Members, Organisation, Staff and Finances are available on the website. The Commission attempts to establish a “knowledge-based” paradigm of development. Check it at

http://www.knowledgecommission.org/aboutNKCPage.aspx

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March 9, 2006

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Successful Communication: A Toolkit for Researchers and Civil Society Organisations

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It is sometimes assumed that we need more communication of evidence within the international development field. This is not necessarily true. More communication can simply end up as a form of 'pushing knowledge down a hosepipe, in the hope that at least some of it will come out the other end'. What we need is far better communication of evidence within the international development field. This handbook is therefore designed to help development actors communicate better. It presents 23 tools, divided into the following categories: 'Planning', 'Packaging', 'Targeting' and 'Monitoring'.

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Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing for Development: Donor & NGO Experiences and Tools & Techniques

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This bibliography was prepared by Stephanie DeMoss, USAID Development Information Services in August 2005, following an information request on the KM4Dev list by Cindy Arciaga.

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Title: Innovation: Applying Knowledge In Development (Millennium Project)
Author(s): Calestous Juma
ISBN: 1844072185

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Knowledge for Development?

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Summary of King and McGraths book "Knowledge for Development?" The book provides a detailed analysis of what the new knowledge-based aid means at the level of discourse and practice in four leading development co-operation agencies. Aid has become more policy oriented and there is a greater emphasis on national ownership of development and policy dialogue between donors, governments and civil society. The case of the PRSPs may illustrate this. This new way of working in aid brings with it new knowledge needs and a new importance for knowledge as a major theme of development and co-operation. The new focus draws heavily on wider arguments about the centrality of knowledge to economic success and about the connective power of new ICTs. Arguments about the importance of knowledge economies have been directly translated into the development context to argue that knowledge is the key determinant of development.

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Future needs session

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Notes from the "Future Needs of the KM4Dev Community" small group session, held at the KM4Dev workshop 2005 on June 20

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Full survey results

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From June 1 to 17, 44 members of KM4Dev (just over 10 %) reponded to a short survey, which sought to find what their needs were and how they wanted to be involved in the community. Here are the survey full results.

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USAID Knowledge for Development Strategy - Overview

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This is a high-level overview of the USAID Knowledge for Development Strategy that has been endorsed by the Agency Business Transformation Executive Committee (BTEC). The strategy was the product of the BTEC Knowledge for Development subcommittee. A detailed results framework and strategy narrative are being developed.

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Strategy_Presentation-posted.ppt

Knowledge Society, Knowledge Management and ICT

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Editorial contribution by Walter Fust, Director of SDC, to a publication edited by the Community Development Library Dhaka /Bangladesh, outlining SDC's KM approach.

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SDC-ICT_and_Knowledge_Management_030123495.doc

Sharing Knowledge for Development at the World Bank

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This PPT provides an overview of KM activities at the World Bank.

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KSatWB_Sept2003[1].ppt

Quest for Knowledge in a Think-Tank

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In Knowledge Management Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 3, November 2004. This article is the first of two submissions on the development of a knowledge management strategy in the UK based “development sector” organization, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). This article outlines the Institute’s knowledge management strategy objectives and the results and challenges that have emerged from the initial knowledge management audit. The article highlights how the knowledge management initiative was positioned as a key focus of the organization’s strategy, the way knowledge audit was used to identify existing organizational knowledge and knowledge gaps, and how the identified obstacles for successful knowledge management were factored into the knowledge management development processes.

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Implementing Knowledge Strategies: Lessons from international development agencies

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Study by Ben Ramalingam of ODI. This study synthesises existing research on knowledge and learning in the development sector, and draws out eight key questions for examining related strategies and systems in development agencies. Together, these questions make up a comprehensive Knowledge Strategies Framework, which bears close resemblance to the framework used by the ODI to assess complex processes of change within the development and humanitarian sector. The dimensions of this new Knowledge Strategies Framework are mapped out as Organisational knowledge, Organisational links, Organisational contexts, and External factors. The study then presents the analysis of data collected on current knowledge and learning practices in 13 selected case study organisations . This data was gathered via desk based reviews, interviews, consultations with agency staff and focus groups. The Knowledge Strategies Framework is used to analyse and synthesise these findings, to formulate the recommendations of the study, and to suggest key next steps.

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Call for Papers: “Approaches to Promote Knowledge Sharing in Development Organizations”

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The Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) community of practice (www.km4dev.org) has recently launched a peer-reviewed e-journal in the field of knowledge sharing for development. The second issue will deal with “Approaches to Promote Knowledge Sharing in International Development Organizations” and will be co-edited by Nathan Russell, Simone Staiger-Rivas, Doug Horton, Lucie Lamoureux, and Allison Hewlitt.

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Call4papers_for_K4DEVe-journal-dh-tracked3.doc

KM4dev Contribution to Learning to Fly

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Contribution on rotating peer assists for the second edition of the Learning to Fly book.

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SDC Thematic Service Knowledge and Research: Focus on Knowledge, number 6

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Newsletter following up on SDC’s annual theme “Knowledge and Development” and the Dare to Share Fair in March, “FOCUS on KNOWLEDGE” is about about initiatives, events, processes, achievements, lessons and new questions.

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FOCUS_on_KNOWLEDGE_VI9684_extern.doc

Retrospect of Geoff Parcell experiences on the Aids Competency Programme

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The following is the text of a retrospect interview with Geoff Parcell facilitated by Ben Ramalingam of the ODI in late 2004. This interview was undertaken as part of Ben’s ongoing work as a KM4Dev Core Group member. The Aids Competency Programme was an innovative collaboration between UNAIDS and UNITA, involving senior BP KM practitioner Geoff Parcell, coauthor of the seminal KM book Learning to Fly. The programme came about because of the growing need to develop human capacities to respond to HIV/AIDS through sharing knowledge and experiences of dealing with HIVAIDS worldwide.

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Knowledge Sharing in Development Agencies: Lessons from Four Cases

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This paper outlines the knowledge sharing experiences of four development agencies.

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Knowledge Sharing in Development Agencies: Knowledge Fortress or Knowledge Pool?

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This paper by Geoff Barnard considers some of the inherent limitations of knowledge management approaches designed to share knowledge within organisations. It highlights the duplication problem across agencies and the tendency to create “knowledge fortresses”, which have the effect of restricting the flow of knowledge into and out of the organisation. An alternative approach of “knowledge pooling” is examined, using as examples four different knowledge sharing initiatives that the Institute of Development Studies has been involved in: BRIDGE, Livelihoods Connect, the DFID Governance Resource Centre, and the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre. It argues that knowledge pooling using external partners as facilitators has some important advantages in terms of flexibility, openness and credibility with users, and that in some situations this may be a more appropriate and effective solution that can complement other forms of knowledge sharing.

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