Knowledge taxonomies: a literature review Arnaldo Pellini and Harry Jones Taxonomies are part of our daily life and this is particularly apparent today. The explosion in the volume of information and knowledge available though information technology and especially through the internet today has made it more urgent than ever to adopt systems, processes, and technology […]
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A Study of the Asian Development Bank\’s Knowledge Taxonomy Arnaldo Pellini and Harry Jones In September 2010, the Overseas Development Institute was tasked by the Knowledge Management Center in the Regional and Sustainable Development Department in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to conduct a study of ADB\’s knowledge taxonomy. The study aimed to explore, recommend,
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Fa uno strano effetto leggere delle vicende in Libia e di quanto queste tocchino le Filippine, nonostante i 10.754 Km che separano Manila da Tripoli. Il Dipartimento per gli Affari esteri ha diramato un comunicato nel quale dichiara di avere evacuato fino ad ora 1.327 lavoratori filippini. Il numero dei filippini residenti in Libia
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I read and interesting interview in the International herald Tribune during dinner. An American executive working in the TV sector was asked about the balance between management and creativity. ‘Creativity is scary and messy’, she argues in the interview, but you cannot do without it. The point is to allow for the right amount
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While entering the Cathay Pacific flight from Manila to Hong Kong, as usual I picked up the Herald Tribune. It is one of those action that have turned into habits and make travelling nice. One sentence by star economist Dambisa Moyo in her article How to get America Back on Track, caught my attention as
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Business World Online 1/3/2011 http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?title=Expatriate%20guide%20to%20Philippine%20politics&id=27150 Opinion Posted on February 28, 2011 09:00:30 PM Fence Sitter — By A. R. Samson Expatriate guide to Philippine politics Part of the frustration of businessmen, especially expatriates, with politicians stems from a preconceived idea of what politics should be. The first step in positively influencing the political process or
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A common feature of community development projects is to set up new self help groups to run community development initiatives. This approach often disregards the existence of groups and associations that have been traditionally active as the story of the pagoda of Botum tells us. The village of Botum Lech is located in the
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The work I conduct for the Research And Policy In Development programme at the Overseas Development Institute is based on the hypothesis that evidence-informed policies are better policies, more objective, less influenced by the personal interests of policy makers. This hypothesis highlights the divide that exists between the research world and the policy making world.
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