Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

UID:

Umfang: 1 online resource (288 pages)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415248471 , 9780203361429

Serie: Routledge Studies in Globalisation Series

Inhalt: This book is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'knowledge bank'

Anmerkung: Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Prologue -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Part I The GDN and knowledge for development -- 1 The genesis of the GDN -- The origins of the GDN -- The regional meetings -- The regional research networks and competitions -- The consultative meeting -- Ownership -- Sustainability -- Credibility -- Autonomy -- The Barcelona meeting -- The meeting convened by the secretary-general of the United Nations -- Summary -- Launching the Global Development Network -- Preparing for the launch -- The GDN secretariat -- Global research project -- The first electronic discussion -- The launch of the GDN -- The future of the network -- GDN committees -- On-line discussions -- The GDN products -- Local knowledge and global networks -- Notes -- References -- 2 Scan globally, reinvent locally -- The importance of the Global Development Network -- Towards a new relationship between developing and developed countries -- Epistemological foundations: knowledge infrastructure and the GDN -- General versus local knowledge -- Codified versus tacit knowledge -- Summary of knowledge dimensions -- Active social learning and the negative effects of passive learning -- Social learning, consensus building and other democratic processes -- Beyond technocratic development models -- Consensus building and democracy -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 3 The instrumentalisation of development knowledge -- Introduction -- GDN99 in Bonn -- Knowledge -- Knowledge and policy -- Knowledge, policy and politics -- Implications for development policy: three examples -- Governance -- Disappearing relations -- Civil society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II Civil society engagement -- 4 Think tanks in independent Belarus -- Introduction , A brief history of think tanks in Belarus -- Impact on public opinion and policy -- A new level of think tank activity -- Declaration of the Belarusian Association of Think Tanks -- Prospects for think tanks in post-communist countries -- Notes -- References -- 5 New partnerships in research: activists and think tanks -- Developing partnerships: the role of networks -- Networks at the NCAER -- Evaluating and using networks -- Conclusion: optimal conditions for NGO-think tank collaboration -- Notes -- References -- 6 Building productive partnerships for the promotion of reform -- Introduction -- Think tanks in Peru -- The APOYO Institute -- Partnerships for the promotion of reforms: the APOYO Institute experience -- The attempt to modify the economic regime of the 1979 constitution -- The business association partnership to improve police station performance -- The Civil Society Task Forces Initiative -- Successful partnership strategies in the policy process -- Insufficient technical capacity and limited communication -- Funding -- The labour market for researchers and the quality of public debate -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part III Reform and reconstruction -- 7 The challenges of intervention for Cambodian think tanks -- The Cambodian story -- The historical context -- Political realities and the parameters of influence -- The achievements -- The strategic importance of networking -- The future role of think tanks in Cambodia -- Notes -- References -- 8 Post-communist think tanks -- Introduction -- Studying think tanks -- The policy landscape -- An approach to the question of influence -- The policy advice market: think tanks and governments -- Think tanks versus government research units -- Think tanks versus political parties -- Think tanks versus university and business -- Think tanks and the policy debate -- Imagining think tanks , The discovery of globalisation -- The discovery of Washington confusion -- The discovery of institutions -- Reinventing think tanks -- Networking -- Consensus building -- Local knowledge -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 Influencing government policy making -- Introduction -- Modes of influence -- Atmospheric influence -- Influencing the medium-or short-term agenda -- Micro-policy research -- The value of think tanks to governments -- The means of influence -- Implications for Central and Eastern Europe -- Sub-national and supranational activities of think tanks -- Notes -- References -- Part IV Knowledge across borders -- 10 Southeast Asian research institutes and regional cooperation -- Introduction -- Networks and Southeast Asian think tanks -- Network approaches -- Southeast Asian think tank development -- Regional think tank dialogues -- Political and economic cooperation and the research community -- Think tanks, Pacific policy networks and economic cooperation -- Southeast Asian think tanks and ASEAN/Southeast Asian regionalism -- Recent dialogue activity -- Think tanks and formal institutional arrangements -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 11 Globalisation, think tanks and policy transfer -- Introduction -- Globalisation and policy transfer -- Think tanks as policy transfer agents -- Knowledge communities, think tanks and processes of policy transfer -- The IDF and youth employment policy -- The youth employment conference and its aftermath -- The youth employment policy transfer network -- Policy transfer prospects -- Note -- References -- 12 Think tanks and the ecology of policy inquiry -- Introduction -- Knowledge, policy making and think tanks -- What do think tanks really do? Can it be measured? -- Think tanks are not alone: the three-community framework -- Governments and policy networks: some models to consider , The Policy Research Initiative of the government of Canada -- The Canadian Environmental Network -- Implications for the GDN: a modest proposal -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Conclusion -- 13 Knowledge, power and policy -- Common themes -- The GDN 'bridge' -- The public good of knowledge -- The elusiveness of influence -- Global network development -- Policy networks -- Network life -- Notes -- References -- Index

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Stone, Diane Banking on Knowledge Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2001 ISBN 9780415248471

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books

URL: FULL  ((OIS Credentials Required))

UID:

Umfang: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-134-53693-3 , 1-134-53694-1 , 0-203-37818-0 , 0-203-36142-3 , 1-280-04648-1

Serie: Warwick studies in globalisation

Inhalt: 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

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

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-415-24848-5

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-415-24847-7

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.4324/9780203361429