Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions
In recent years, many international development agencies and non-government organizations have renewed their efforts to provide and promote indigenous knowledge orientation in development planning and practice. These efforts emphasize local knowled...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2523968/institutional-constraints-promoting-ik-community-access-social-networks-formal-institutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10777 |
| Summary: | In recent years, many international
development agencies and non-government organizations have
renewed their efforts to provide and promote indigenous
knowledge orientation in development planning and practice.
These efforts emphasize local knowledge systems and
practices as valuable resources in global development. The
four distinct aspects of indigenous knowledge oriented
development interventions frequently debated are:
Documentation: indigenous knowledge documentation,
communication and adaptation; Ownership: local ownership of
specific knowledge practices; Reward System: rewarding local
knowledge innovations (through documentation and
dissemination, cross-region recognition, global application
and value addition); and Access to Knowledge and
Institutions: linking modern and indigenous institutions for
sustainable development and enhancing local community access
to markets, government agencies, financial institutions,
university based research centers and international
development publications. This study of local innovators in
India reflects on the IK aspects outlined above, but
emphasize the institutional access dimension in promoting
innovative local approaches. Clearly, there are likely to be
more similarities than differences between what is described
here and the situation in other developing countries of the South. |
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