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The challenge of promoting southern knowledge

Responding to George Monbiot’s recent article in the Guardian on the exorbitant costs some academic publishers charge for access to research, Globethics.net raise an important point about how such practices accentuate a ” knowledge divide ” between the global north … Continue reading

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What are we?

This is the analysis of a discussion that took place on the Knowledge Brokers’ Forum. Now that governments are so concerned about getting evidence-based research into practice, perhaps we should consider our function in this endeavour if not our job … Continue reading

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African Development Bank as Knowledge Broker

Since 2006 the African Development Bank has been positioning itself as a regional bank for knowledge and ideas on African development. For the Bank this will imply more creative use of knowledge products than previously to promote sustainable economic  transformation … Continue reading

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