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Short Term Temporary Position to support Knowledge Hubs work program,

Knowledge Exchange Secretariat, World Bank Institute, Knowledge Exchange Practice Unit

150 days, Location: Washington DC

Background / General Description

The past decade has brought about tremendous change in the international development landscape. Development countries and emerging markets are increasingly playing…

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Over the past years, knowledge exchange has started to overhaul development cooperation with a renewed energy of connecting and sharing among practitioners. More and more developing countries are fully engaging in mutual learning around best practices and proven solutions. Around 300 representatives from 46 countries have now gathered on the island of Bali, Indonesia, to discuss how to improve institutional and operational capacities to exchange knowledge at a larger…

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Since the climate change negotiations in Cancun in 2010, policy-makers and analysts are focused on the $100 billion buzz: If agreements are met, this amount would be available by 2020 for developing countries to promote green development with low carbon use (‘mitigation’) and to cope with the ever harsher changes in climate patterns, including increased and more frenetic impact of natural disaster…

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Networking can promote knowledge exchange and cooperation on development

Written by Maree Tait on March 21, 2012…

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I share with you all an excerpt from the message by Colombian Co-Chair of the Task Team on South-South Cooperation during the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness meetings, held Paris, July 7  2011, where South-South Cooperation received the decided support of many countries that believe in its potential to transform the international cooperation…

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Bruno Figueroa (Mexico), Dasa Silovic (UNDP) and Jaesun Lee (Korea)

[See update on the G20 report below]

 

Recognizing the potential of South-South and triangular knowledge sharing on development solutions, the…

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Qualified candidates, please send CV and cover letter to Dean Thompson at dthompson@worldbank.org by Friday, January 28, 2011. Note - this position would be supported by a part time research assistant who would be based in Washington, D.C. However, the desired candidate need not be DC based.…

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http://www.cecod.org/Comunicación/Noticias/EntrevistaaEnriqueMaruriLondoño.aspx

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The result from the recent survey on brokering mechanism for South-South Cooperation indicates that there is a high potential for SSC initiatives. This is constrained by lack of knowledge on “how to”, availability of information, high cost of maintenance and weak institutional capacities. These constraints affect the level and quality of supply of demanded support that the recipient partners expect.



The… Continue

The Capacity Development Team of UNDP Regional Service Centre in Dakar is organizing the next West & Central Africa capacity development community of practice meeting scheduled in November 2010. The meeting is structured as a…

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Botswana urged India to do more for South-South Cooperation. In a meeting aimed at reinforcing the collaboration between India and southern Africa, the two countries affirmed the need for the developing world to speak with one voice on issues of common concern. Climate change was also discussed, concluding that in this issue at least countries should adhere to the principle of differentiated response in tune with the capacities of different countries.



India and Botswana signed two… Continue