eFindings - January 2006 Issue

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1. Findings 258: Distance Learning - Connecting Development Practitioners
written by Siddhartha Prakash

Information communications technologies (ICTs) have helped to reduce geographical boundaries and connect people across different countries, cities and villages. The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is a World Bank-supported initiative that uses technology to promote development through learning. The World Bank’s Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Program partnered with the GDLN to organize a pilot five day cross-regional distance learning course on Using Indigenous Knowledge for the Millennium Development Goals in March 2005. Over 100 participants attended the course through local GDLN centers in Uganda, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and India.

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2. Infobrief 120: Tanzania - Urban Sector Rehabilitation
excerpted from excerpted from Implementation Completion Report No 32225

The Urban Sector Rehabilitation Project ( URSP ) consisted of a large programme of infrastructure rehabilitation works and institutional reform activities covering 8 project towns. The project with a Credit of US$ 141.3 million equivalent was implemented by the government between 1997 and 2004. The project objectives were sustainable economic development and urban poverty alleviation.

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3. IK Notes 88: Linking Agricultural Innovations to Knowledge Sharing in Africa
written by Hilary Nwokeabia

Indigenous agricultural innovations have continued to be important as most of the locally-grown food is for local consumption. But, too often African indigenous innovators are overlooked in the search process for new solutions. Indigenous innovators face uncertainty because of a lack of organizing frameworks and lack information as to who needs innovations, how to find the users, when to approach them, why they should be approaching them, and most importantly, whether the receivers will appreciate the effort.

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