Banking on knowledge
Subtitle: the genesis of the Global Development Network
By: edited by Diane Stone
Contributors: Stone, Diane, 1964-
Series: Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation
Publisher: Routledge; GDN
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Economic development -- Research; Communication in economic development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Part I. The GDN and knowledge for development. The genesis of the GDN / Erik Johnson, Diane Stone; title: Scan globally, reinvent locally : knowledge infrastructure and the localisation of knowledge / Joseph Stiglitz; title: The instrumentalisation of development knowledge / Knut G. Nustad, Ole J. Sendung; title: Part II. Civil society engagement. Think tanks in independent Belarus : catalysts for social transformation / Oleg Manaev; title: New partnerships in research : activists and think tanks. An illustration from the NCAER in New Delhi / Ratna M. Sudarshan; title: Building productive partnerships for the promotion of reform : the APOYO Institute in Peru / Gabriel Ortiz de Zevallos, Alejandro Salas; title: Part III. Reform and reconstruction. The challenges of intervention for Cambodian think tanks / Kao Kim Hourn; title: Post-communist think tanks : making and faking influence / Ivan Krastev; title: Influencing government policy making / Simon James; title: Part IV. Knowledge across borders. Southeast Asian research institutes and regional cooperation / Helen E. S. Nesadurai, Diane Stone; title: Globalisation, think tanks and policy transfer / Stella Ladi; title: Think tanks and the ecology of policy inquiry / Evert Lindquist; title: Conclusion. Knowledge, power and policy / Diane Stone