Publication: Developing Indigenous Knowledge in Francophone Africa : A Four Nation Overview
dc.contributor.author | Easton, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Nikiema, Emmanuel | |
dc.contributor.author | Essama, Suzanne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-13T13:08:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-13T13:08:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | The note looks at the results of a Bank mission for the development of indigenous knowledge (IK) in Francophone Africa, namely in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Cameroon, which was based on consultations with private-public counterparts involved in promoting its development. Although there is an abundance of initiatives, and activities occurring to develop IK - in health, agriculture, education, natural resource management, and cultural affairs - it is nonetheless, unevenly distributed throughout the four countries: seldom is IK promotion, part of public policy; there is a marked divergence among sectors of development; most IK initiatives have been undertaken in social sectors, much fewer in agriculture, and far lesser initiatives in technology, finance, and engineering; and, practices in the use of African languages are mostly conditioned by a host of other policy concerns. On recognizing the value of IK, suggestions indicate variants, such as taking IK as a heritage of accumulated wisdom, as an embodiment of specific African modes of thought, and, as a means of articulating local know-how. On building the challenge for increased IK, the note recommends the inclusion of IK in development projects, by explicitly involving local actors in the design of intervention methods; by disseminating the methodology for a participatory local development; by identifying centers to become the collective focus of IK; and, by designing pre- and in-service methods for professional training of development. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1715973/developing-indigenous-knowledge-francophone-africa-four-nation-overview | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10796 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 42 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS | |
dc.subject | SECTORAL TRADEOFFS | |
dc.subject | SECTORAL ALLOCATION | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC POLICY | |
dc.subject | TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES | |
dc.subject | ENGINEERING | |
dc.subject | LOCAL LANGUAGES | |
dc.subject | CULTURAL HERITAGE | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE | |
dc.subject | LOCAL COMMUNITIES | |
dc.subject | PROJECT DESIGN | |
dc.subject | PARTICIPATORY PROCESS | |
dc.subject | COLLECTIVE ACTIONS | |
dc.subject | TRAINING METHODS AFRICAN LANGUAGES | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURE | |
dc.subject | ART | |
dc.subject | CRAFTS | |
dc.subject | CULTURAL HERITAGE | |
dc.subject | DECENTRALIZATION | |
dc.subject | DECISION-MAKING | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS | |
dc.subject | FARMERS | |
dc.subject | INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE | |
dc.subject | INTERVENTION | |
dc.subject | KNOWLEDGE STRATEGIES | |
dc.subject | LEARNING | |
dc.subject | MEDICINE | |
dc.subject | MEDICINES | |
dc.subject | MINISTRIES OF CULTURE | |
dc.subject | MUSEUMS | |
dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | NGOS | |
dc.subject | PARTICIPATORY APPROACH | |
dc.subject | PARTNERSHIP | |
dc.subject | PRESERVATION | |
dc.subject | PRIVATE SECTOR | |
dc.subject | PROFESSIONAL TRAINING | |
dc.subject | PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC SECTOR | |
dc.subject | SCHOOLS | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | TRADITIONS | |
dc.subject | VOLUNTARY SECTOR | |
dc.subject | WORKERS | |
dc.title | Developing Indigenous Knowledge in Francophone Africa : A Four Nation Overview | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2002-03-15 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Brief | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1715973/developing-indigenous-knowledge-francophone-africa-four-nation-overview | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Agriculture | |
okr.globalpractice | Transport and ICT | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 090224b08568aa93_2_0 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 1715973 | |
okr.identifier.report | 23656 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/03/15/000094946_02030504043229/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | Africa | |
okr.region.country | Cameroon | |
okr.region.country | Mali | |
okr.region.country | Burkina Faso | |
okr.region.country | Senegal | |
okr.sector | Other Education | |
okr.sector | Education | |
okr.topic | Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems | |
okr.topic | Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies | |
okr.topic | Health Economics and Finance | |
okr.topic | Cultural Heritage and Preservation | |
okr.topic | Health Monitoring and Evaluation | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population | |
okr.topic | Culture and Development | |
okr.topic | Agriculture | |
okr.unit | AFT: Knowledge & Learning (AFTKL) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 |
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