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Institutional Constraints in Promoting IK : Community Access to Social Networks and Formal Institutions

World Bank - 2012

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...

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Indigenous Knowledge : The East Africa-South Asia Learning Exchange - An Example of South-South Cooperation

World Bank - 2012

-regional partnership between East Africa and South Asia seeking to integrate indigenous knowledge and practices into Bank supported … operations. The aim was to leverage the experience of IK good practices from South Asia into Bank supported projects in East … Asia and Africa for centuries; similarly, local healers have used medicinal plants in India and Tanzania to treat common …

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Endogenous and Modern Innovations : Differing Perspectives

World Bank - 2012

(Promoting Local Innovation). The Ethiopian program set up multi-stakeholder teams in different agro climatic zones. The paper …

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Promoting Local Innovation : Enhancing IK Dynamics and Links with Scientific Knowledge

World Bank - 2012

Local innovation refers to the dynamics of IK - the knowledge that grows within a social group, incorporating learning … of thinking and doing. Local innovation is the process through which individuals or groups discover or develop new and …

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???South-South??? Learning Exchange for Client Capacity Enhancement

World Bank - 2012

Client feedback surveys in Africa indicate that the Bank's performance requires strengthening with regard to (a) respect for local cultures, (b) adaptation of knowledge to the local context and (c) incorporation of local knowledge into development efforts. They would like to see greater...

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Ethiopia - Traditional Medicine and the Bridge to Better Health

World Bank - 2012

The majority of Ethiopians depend on medical plants as their only source of health care, especially in rural areas where access to villages is lacking due to the absence of vehicular roads. The increasing scarcity of medicinal plant species represents a trend that should be immediately...

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Burkina Faso Indigenous Innovation in Farmer-to-Farmer Extension

World Bank - 2012

Increasing attention is being given to indigenous innovation in agriculture - the process by which farmers develop new …

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Building Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Promote Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in Ghana

World Bank - 2012

In the mid-1990s, various organizations concerned with agricultural development in northern Ghana sought ways to promote joint research, extension, advocacy and learning with farmers as equal partners. They were disillusioned with the conventional agricultural modernization and transfer-of...

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Regional Radio in Tunisia : Linking Indigenous Innovation and Formal Research and Development

World Bank - 2012

innovation. …

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Participatory Video : Rural People Document their Knowledge and Innovations

World Bank - 2012

Indigenous knowledge and local initiatives are usually documented and disseminated by outsiders, who make their own interpretations in the process. Participatory Video (PV) provides an opportunity for rural people to document their own knowledge and experiences and to express their wants and...

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