Throughout the world, the pace of environmental, social and technological change is accelerating, and this in turn has major implications for the poor and their development prospects. Traditional transfer-of-technology approaches to agricultural research can no longer keep pace with the complex, ...
Watts, J.
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Mackay, R.
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Horton, D.
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Hall, A.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Chambers, Robert
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Acosta, A.S.
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[Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction]
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Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction
The Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA CP) shows how the principles of institutional learning and change (ILAC) can be applied. This Brief outlines the basic components of the SSA CP and highlights various ILAC features of the Program. These include an innovation systems orientation; an ap...
Acosta, A.S.
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Jones, M.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[The Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program: An experiment in mainstreaming institutional learning and change]
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The Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program: An experiment in mainstreaming institutional learning and change
Since it was conceptualized in the late 1980s as a research methodology and change paradigm, the technique of ‘appreciative inquiry’ (AI) has proved to be highly effective for capturing the positive features of an organization or social system and energizing the members to strive for higher level...
Acosta, A.S.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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[Appreciative inquiry: An approach for learning and change based on our own best practices]
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Appreciative inquiry: An approach for learning and change based on our own best practices