Global Knowledge Networks and International Development [Hardcover]

This volume draws together leading experts from academia, think-tanks and donor agencies, to examine the impact of transnational knowledge networks in the formulation of local, national and global policy in the field of international development and transition studies.

These leading contributors pay particular attention to the global reach of research and the manner in which knowledge is incorporated into, and shapes, transnational policy domains. They show how the 'knowledge agenda' has become a central part of the discourse of both developing societies and advanced economies. Governments and international organizations devote considerable financial resources to both in-house and contracted research.

This volume will be of great interest to students, researchers and policy makers concerned with global policy, global governance and development.

A much-needed examination of the impact of transnational knowledge networks in the formulation of local, national and global policy in the field of international development and transition studies.Diane Stone is Marie Curie Chair and Head of the Public Policy programme at the Central European University, Hungary. She is on leave of absence from the University of Warwick. Simon Maxwell is Director of the Overseas Development Institute, the UK's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian policy.Introduction 1. Diane Stone, University of Warwick and Simon Maxwell, Overseas Development Institute - Bridging Policy and Research in A Globalising World Part One: Ideas and International Development 2. Desmond McNeill, University of Oslo - Power and Ideas: The Role of Multilateral Institutions in Development Policy 3. Kenneth King, University of Edinburgh - Knowledge and the North-South Divide 4. Sarah Clarke and Lyn Squire, GDN - Creating the Global Development Network: An Exercls'