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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADAPTATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CROPS EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTENSION EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FIELD RESEARCH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORESTS HEALTH HEALTH PROBLEMS HERDERS INCOME INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LAWS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MARKETING MEDICINES MIGRATION MOTIVATION MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NGOS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MAKERS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SCIENTISTS SEED DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL NETWORKS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX COLLECTION SOCIAL NETWORKS INSTITUTIONS COMMUNICATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES COMMUNITY ACTION POVERTY LABOR EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CONSERVATION DROUGHT FLOODS LABOR SHORTAGE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
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spelling	okr-10986-107772021-04-23T14:02:52Z Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions World Bank ADAPTATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CROPS EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTENSION EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FIELD RESEARCH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORESTS HEALTH HEALTH PROBLEMS HERDERS INCOME INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LAWS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MARKETING MEDICINES MIGRATION MOTIVATION MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NGOS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MAKERS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SCIENTISTS SEED DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL NETWORKS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX COLLECTION SOCIAL NETWORKS INSTITUTIONS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ACTION POVERTY LABOR EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CONSERVATION DROUGHT FLOODS LABOR SHORTAGE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION 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. 2012-08-13T13:05:49Z 2012-08-13T13:05:49Z 2003-09 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 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 60 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ADAPTATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CROPS EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTENSION EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FIELD RESEARCH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORESTS HEALTH HEALTH PROBLEMS HERDERS INCOME INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LAWS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MARKETING MEDICINES MIGRATION MOTIVATION MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NGOS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MAKERS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SCIENTISTS SEED DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL NETWORKS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX COLLECTION SOCIAL NETWORKS INSTITUTIONS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ACTION POVERTY LABOR EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CONSERVATION DROUGHT FLOODS LABOR SHORTAGE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
spellingShingle	ADAPTATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CROPS EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTENSION EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FIELD RESEARCH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORESTS HEALTH HEALTH PROBLEMS HERDERS INCOME INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LAWS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MARKETING MEDICINES MIGRATION MOTIVATION MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NGOS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MAKERS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SCIENTISTS SEED DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL NETWORKS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX COLLECTION SOCIAL NETWORKS INSTITUTIONS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY ACTION POVERTY LABOR EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CONSERVATION DROUGHT FLOODS LABOR SHORTAGE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION World Bank Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions
relation	Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 60
description	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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title	Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions
title_short	Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions
title_full	Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions
title_fullStr	Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions
title_full_unstemmed	Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions
title_sort	institutional constraints in promoting ik : community access to social networks and formal institutions
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	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
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Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions

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