Chapter
ONE: Researching knowledge-based aid
A new way of researching; a new way of working
The structure of the book
The changing fashions of development co-operation
Aid discourse at the start of the new millennium
THREE: Knowledge for development
The origins of knowledge-based aid
Alternative accounts of knowledge and development
FOUR: The World Bank or the knowledge bank?
The discovery of knowledge-based aid in the World Bank
The World Bank’s older knowledge strategies
The World Bank’s vision of knowledge for development
Revising the strategy: the Ramphele review and a shifting focus for the knowledge bank
The new architecture of the knowledge bank
The knowledge bank in practice: assessing the extent of transformation
FIVE: From information management to knowledge sharing: DFID’s unfinished revolution
DFID’s knowledge discourses
DFID’s knowledge projects
DFID’s knowledge practices
How should we judge DFID’s approach to knowledge and development?
SIX: Knowledge, learning and capacity in the Swedish approach to development co-operation
Sida’s discourses of knowledge, learning and capacity
Sida as a generator of development knowledge
Sida’s initiatives to support knowledge, learning and capacity development
Knowledge and learning in practice
SEVEN: Experience, experts and knowledge in Japanese aid policy and practice
Japan’s own experience for development
Japan’s multiple external sources of development expertise
Sources of policy knowledge in Japanese development assistance
Knowledge-sharing initiatives in a culture of valuing experience
Knowledge management in JICA: a new approach
Other mechanisms for sharing development knowledge
Conclusion on sharing expertise for development
EIGHT: Conclusions and implications for knowledge, aid and development
Where does knowledge-based aid come from, and is it just a passing fashion?
Does knowledge-based aid work?
Knowledge-based aid or learning-led development?
Knowledge-based aid and knowledge, aid and development: some concluding thoughts
Knowledge for Development?
：Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid
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