Developing Indigenous Knowledge in Francophone Africa : A Four Nation Overview
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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The note looks at the results of a Bank
mission for the development of indigenous knowledge (IK) in
Francophone Africa, namely in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso,
and Cameroon, which was based on consultations with
private-public counterparts involved in promoting its
development. Although there is an abundance of initiatives,
and activities occurring to develop IK - in health,
agriculture, education, natural resource management, and
cultural affairs - it is nonetheless, unevenly distributed
throughout the four countries: seldom is IK promotion, part
of public policy; there is a marked divergence among sectors
of development; most IK initiatives have been undertaken in
social sectors, much fewer in agriculture, and far lesser
initiatives in technology, finance, and engineering; and,
practices in the use of African languages are mostly
conditioned by a host of other policy concerns. On
recognizing the value of IK, suggestions indicate variants,
such as taking IK as a heritage of accumulated wisdom, as an
embodiment of specific African modes of thought, and, as a
means of articulating local know-how. On building the
challenge for increased IK, the note recommends the
inclusion of IK in development projects, by explicitly
involving local actors in the design of intervention
methods; by disseminating the methodology for a
participatory local development; by identifying centers to
become the collective focus of IK; and, by designing pre-
and in-service methods for professional training of development.
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, SECTORAL TRADEOFFS, SECTORAL ALLOCATION, PUBLIC POLICY, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES, ENGINEERING, LOCAL LANGUAGES, CULTURAL HERITAGE, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PROJECT DESIGN, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, COLLECTIVE ACTIONS, TRAINING METHODS AFRICAN LANGUAGES, AGRICULTURE, ART, CRAFTS, CULTURAL HERITAGE, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION-MAKING, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, FARMERS, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, INTERVENTION, KNOWLEDGE STRATEGIES, LEARNING, MEDICINE, MEDICINES, MINISTRIES OF CULTURE, MUSEUMS, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NGOS, PARTICIPATORY APPROACH, PARTNERSHIP, PRESERVATION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SECTOR, SCHOOLS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRADITIONS, VOLUNTARY SECTOR, WORKERS