Resources For

Knowledge Partnerships for Africa

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I. Sharing Knowledge and Lessons of Experience

	Capacity Enhancement through Knowledge Transfer: A Behavioral Framework for Reflection, Action and Results - Capacity enhancement (CE) has increasingly been identified as a key priority in the World Bank’s development agenda. This paper proposes a framework for reflection and action by Bank staff to better broker and adapt knowledge to help countries and communities enhance their capacity to deliver results.
	Africa Region Debriefing Program - is a knowledge and learning service for clients, partners and Bank staff that attempts to better document and exchange lessons of operational experience for improved development results. To facilitate this exchange, the program conducts videotaped interviews with clients and staff on good practice and lessons learned in areas of regional strategic importance, either identified by interested Bank staff or by Program staff.
	Africa Region Findings and Good Practice Infobriefs - report on on-going operational, economic, and sector work carried out by the World Bank and its member governments in the Africa Region.
	Innovations in Knowledge Sharing and Learning in the Africa Region - Retrospective and Prospective - Knowledge and Learning Group, Africa Region, September 2002 - (PDF 2.4 MB)
	Leveraging Knowledge into Africa Region's Quality Assurance Process: A Road Map - (PDF 127 KB) - Knowledge and Learning Center, Africa Region, the World Bank.
	Knowledge Sharing to Fight Poverty at the World Bank has evolved over time. From an early emphasis on capturing and organizing knowledge, its focus now is on adopting, adapting, and applying knowledge in a way that helps World Bank staff, clients, and partners work more effectively to reduce global poverty.

II. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) for Development Program

	The Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Program's website opens a gateway to different sources on IK. It aims to facilitate a multilateral dialogue between local communities, NGOs, governments, donors, civil society and the private sector.
	Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Newsletter is a publication that periodically documents development issues that can be effectively dealt with through the application of indigenous knowledge and practices.
	IK Practices Database provides users with quick access to a collection of indigenous/traditional practices and the possibility to contribute new cases and to comment.

III. Data and Statistics

	African Development Indicators (ADI) 2005- Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume.
	Africa Household Survey Databank aims toward a better understanding and monitoring of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa by enhancing the capacity of the national statistical agencies in survey data management.
	Africa Live Database is winner of the "2001 World Class Solution Award" for Business Intelligence for Strengthening Capacity to Improve the Monitoring and Analysis of Poverty & Development
	Standardized Files and Indicators facilitate the monitoring of social and economic outcomes of national development programs using household survey data.
	Statistical Capacity Building, a movement from conventional, piecemeal, technical assistance for data production toward a more integrated method of supporting the development of a country's public "information sector.
	Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ) is a household survey method that monitors the delivery of services to the poor.
	Poverty in Africa
	Monitoring Poverty
	Data on Poverty provides information on recent trends in poverty indicators and links to sources of data on poverty.
	World Bank Data and Statistics - Almost all the data reported on this site are derived, either directly or indirectly, from official statistical systems organized and financed by national governments.
	Development Gateway Data and Statistics lists national and international organizations that offer data -- or information about data -- on their sites.

IV. ICT for Development

	InfoDev is a global grant program to promote innovative projects on the use of information and communication technologies for economic and social development.
	Global Distance Learning Network (GDLN) links decision makers around the globe, through telecommunications systems, as participants in global learning activities.
	Country Gateways, a network of locally-owned and managed public-private partnerships, are the country-level components of the Development Gateway.

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