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The future of knowledge brokering: perspectives from a generational framework of knowledge management for international development

open access: yesInformation Development, 2018
Knowledge brokering has a crucial role in the field of international development because it is able to act as a cognitive bridge between many different types of knowledge, such as between local and global knowledge.
S. Cummings   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Localization of SDGs through Disaggregation of KPIs

open access: yesEconomies, 2018
The United Nation’s Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pick up where the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) left off. The SDGs set forth a formidable task for the global community and international sustainable development over the next
Manohar Patole
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Assessment of the Agricultural and Energy Systems of Senegal

open access: yesEnergies, 2015
To improve decision-making, sustainability-based approaches to assessment of options and undertakings demand that we move beyond narrowly defined considerations to address the full suite of requirements for progress towards sustainability.
Kyrke Gaudreau, Robert B. Gibson
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Neglect: Long-term Care Research in Low and Middle Income Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2014
Background: Long-term care (LTC) continues to be a neglected policy issue in most low and middle income countries. This paper assesses whether research on LTC contributes to or reinforces that neglect.
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
doaj   +1 more source

Advocating the value-add of faith in a secular context: The case of the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development in the Netherlands

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
This article analyses how faith-based civil society organisations have advocated the value-add of faith to governmental and non-governmental development actors in the highly secularised context of the Netherlands.
Brenda E. Bartelink, Ton Groeneweg
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation Capacity Development through Cluster Evaluation

open access: yesJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2015
Background:  The term “cluster evaluation” was first coined in 1988 by W. K. Kellogg staff in an evaluation of a Foundation-funded initiative; the concept was further developed and practiced by the Kellogg Foundation evaluation consultants and other ...
Khalil Bitar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary Findings From a Pilot Study of Electric Vehicle Recharging From a Stand-Alone Solar Minigrid

open access: yesFrontiers in Energy Research, 2021
The symbiosis between smart minigrids and electric mobility has the potential to improve the cost and reliability of energy access for off-grid communities while providing low-carbon transport services.
Rupert Gammon, Momodou Sallah
doaj   +1 more source

Governance in sport-for-development: Problems and possibilities of (not) learning from international development

open access: yes, 2017
The lack of attention towards issues of governance in both global sport-for-development (SfD) policy and academic literature is placed in stark relief when compared to the significance accorded to such issues in international development.
I. Lindsey
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nutrition-sensitive value chains: A guide for project design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
A first-of-its-kind, this new Guide from IFAD presents practical, step-by-step guidance for shaping value chain projects to improve nutrition. The Guide highlights challenges and opportunities in establishing nutrition-sensitive value chains (NSVCs) and ...
International Fund for Agricultural Development
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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