Knowledge development and management for urban poverty alleviation
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper assesses the performance of poverty alleviation projects, asks why so many have failed, and why successful projects have been successful. It gives a retrospective. overview of the development of the concept of poverty, and argues that the way towards poverty eradication goes through holistic, participatory, approaches that build on sharing of knowledge and learning by doing. Projects and programmes should build on the full knowledge of all stakeholders. This way we can create dynamic collaborative environments that build knowledge strategically by developing and applying knowledge as it comes available. It is suggested that approaches should be guided by an enabling framework, within which a multiplicity of partnerships can develop and be effective. Common sense and holistic systems thinking are found to be essential starting points for improvements of the quality of decision-making and the learning and innovation in poverty alleviation efforts.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2003
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
381-392
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Habitat International
Volym
27
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Water Engineering
Nyckelord
- poverty
- urban
- knowledge management
- participatory approaches
- systems analysis
- enabling frameworks
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0197-3975