Comments on: Government to Government trade – a new development issue, but is it threat or opportunity? https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/government-to-government-trade-a-new-development-issue-but-is-it-threat-or-opportunity/ How active citizens and effective states can change the world Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:52:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Rohan https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/government-to-government-trade-a-new-development-issue-but-is-it-threat-or-opportunity/#comment-19305 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:17:57 +0000 http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=17308#comment-19305 I really found your blog to be really good write-up. See more : http://mocomi.com/types-of-government/

Rohan

]]> By: Ben Ramalingam https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/government-to-government-trade-a-new-development-issue-but-is-it-threat-or-opportunity/#comment-19152 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:56:02 +0000 http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=17308#comment-19152 Some international agencies already do quite a bit on this kind of work. I reviewed the World Bank’s work on ‘South-South Knowledge Exchange’ in 2012-13 (see more here: http://wbi.worldbank.org/sske/) and they have now developed a new guide for facilitators of such processes (http://wbi.worldbank.org/sske/art-knowledge-exchange – available in a few languages).

In terms of ‘technocrats versus institutionalists’ – it really depends on the problem. Some exchanges allow for nice ‘solution transfer’. Others require the exchange to focus on mutual learning processes, where both the provider and recipient need to work together to identify the space of possibilities, and how best to leverage knowledge and ideas.

Owen’s latest post sums it up well – trade and exchanges around complex issues will inevitably involve ‘struggle': http://www.owen.org/blog/7221

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