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Incentives for Communities

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Matrix submitted by Violeta Fuduric, Communities Specialist, USAID/PPC/DEI/DIS. Based on responses received to a KS incentives question on the KM4dev mailing list.

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Collaborative Planning for Economic Regions

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A regional focus on planning and economic development requires that all sectors work together in partnership to attend to community needs and to capitalize on community opportunities. Public, private, educational, and not-for-profit organizations all have unique capabilities to contribute. Smith Weaver Smith have identified three cultural transformations essential for resource development and economic and educational engagement in the 21st century, which are described in this document

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Measuring the benefits of Knowledge Management at FSA

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This is a paper by Ros Jones of the Financial Services Authority in the UK government which introduces research being undertaken on evaluating KM.

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Sharing Knowledge: Innovations and Remaining Challenges

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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 the sharing of development knowledge with clients and partners. This independent evaluation finds that while the initiative has allowed staff, clients, and partners to have faster and easier access to Bank knowledge, the new knowledge sharing activities have not been tightly linked to the Bank’s core lending and non-lending processes. As a result, their impact on Bank development effectiveness has been limited. Now entering the seventh year of its knowledge initiative, the Bank needs to move deliberately to embed knowledge sharing processes in its core business processes and manage its knowledge services for results.

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World Bank OED Reach Precis

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2-page summary of the World Bank evaluation "Sharing Knowledge: Innovations and Remaining Challenges".

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Advisory Practice from SNV and use of KM

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"In order to provide its partners-clients with relevant, state-of-the-art advice, it is absolutely logical that knowledge management is a key aspect of the SNV organisation." "As an organisation with some 700 professionals worldwide, each involved in networks of relevant knowledge, we are already a warehouse and broker in knowledge. But we have acknowledged in chapter 1 of this document that our performance as a knowledge-based organisation can be improved. And we have concluded that our role with regard to knowledge is changing from an expert transferring knowledge, to an expert facilitat-ing knowledge exchange and enrichment. In general, we agree that knowledge is also power. Knowledge is hardly ever neutral and always tends to serve certain interests or perceptions against others. That is not a problem but it requires our staff to be aware of that." From SNVs Advisory Practice, Emerging Lines, Connecting Peoples Capacities, 31 July 2002

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Key Success Factors for Knowledge Management

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The purpose of this thesis by Kavindra Mathi is to gain a better understanding of how some factors are critical for the successful application of Knowledge Management.

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Knowledge Sharing: Methods, Meetings and Tools

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Handbook produced by CIDA's KM Secretariat.

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Le Partage des connaissances: Méthodes, espaces et outils

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Guide produit par le Secrétariat de la gestion des connaissances de l'ACDI.

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outils.fr.pdf

Sharing Knowledge to Enhance Development Work – Challenges and Limits

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There are different types of knowledge and unfortunately they are often mixed up. For the management of knowledge it is imperative to differentiate and to be clear which kind of knowledge can be managed and which escapes all attempts of being managed. And maybe it is the non-manageable part that is most decisive for development work.

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The Knowledge Management Spectrum - Understanding the KM Landscape

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An interesting framework by Derek Binney to understand the different KM theories, applications and tools.

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Human Resources Practices Related to a Knowledge-Based Workforce

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PowerPoint presentation by Jennifer Smith of the Governance Network.

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Incentives for Communities

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Matrix submitted by Violeta Fuduric, Communities Specialist, USAID/PPC/DEI/DIS. Based on responses received to a KS incentives question on the KM4dev mailing list.

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INCENTIVES_for_COMMUNITIES_Matrix.doc

Constructing the knowledge base for knowledge-driven development

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Article by Robin Mansell which deal more with the "digital divide" and knowledge networks than knowledge management.

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Focus on Knowledge - Number 7

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SDC's Thematic Service Knowledge and Research produces this newsletter "about initiatives, events, processes, achievements, lessons and new questions" related to KM and development.

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FOCUS_on_KNOWLEDGE_VII_050317_externe.doc

In the Know: Lessons in Knowledge Management

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Article by Nick Wright . In Training Technology & Human Resources , March-April, pp14-15. Lessons learned from Tearfund's Learning and Development Manager.

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Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning: An International Development Perspective

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An Annotated Bibliography by Ingie Hovland, Overseas Development Institute, London, UK (August 2003).

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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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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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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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