The K4D Program provides policy advice to client countries on four Knowledge Economy (KE) pillars: economic and institutional regime, education, innovation, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to help them make the transition to a KE.

Events:

Leveraging Diasporas to Scale Up Social Entrepreneurship in Human Development: the Experience of Coptic Orphans. Washington DC, September 15, 2009. New!

World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities 5 Paris, France, May 28-29, 2009. 

Developing Knowledge Economy Strategies to Improve Competitiveness Alexandria, Egypt, May 17-21, 2009.

Africa Regional Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 16-20, 2009.

Diaspora Philanthropy for Institutional Development in Home Countries: Experience of Ireland Funds and its Relevance for Africa, Washington, DC, March 18, 2009. 

How Can Talent Abroad Help Build Institutions at Home?February 4, 2009.

Publications:

Agribusiness and Innovation Systems in Africa. This book examines how agricultural innovation arises in four African countries – Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda – through the lens of agribusiness, public policies, and specific value chains for food staples, high value products, and livestock.

Knowledge for Development booklet.This booklet explains what Knowledge for Development (K4D) is and how K4D can advise any country, regardless of income, on its transition to a knowledge economy. (PDF, 3.2Mb)

Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness in Brazil.Written by Alberto Rodriguez, Carl Dahlman, Jamil Salmi. April 2008.

Building Knowledge Economies: Advanced Strategies for Development.This new book by the K4D program is a synthesis of over seven years of research and operational work of working with client countries on building knowledge economies and developing knowledge economy strategies.

Mexico's Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy: Challenges and Opportunities. Written by Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Dahlman. March 2008.

Enhancing China's Competitiveness through Lifelong LearningThis book summarises some of the key trends in the global environment and in the global education and training market. It provides context to the challenges that China is facing as it modernizes and integrates further into the global system.