NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework

Poverty reduction remains a concern in both a global and Indian context, being a major objective of current development planning processes. The aim of this thesis is to explore an alternative post-colonial approach to the application of knowledge management to development, focussed on the problem of...

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Main Author: Langmann, Sten
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/648
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description Poverty reduction remains a concern in both a global and Indian context, being a major objective of current development planning processes. The aim of this thesis is to explore an alternative post-colonial approach to the application of knowledge management to development, focussed on the problem of poverty reduction in the context of NGOs operating in Tamil Nadu. A qualitative research design was adopted, drawing on multiple sources of data, collected in Tamil Nadu. It was found that a Knowledge Sharing for Development (KS4D) framework emerged as a way how NGOs can more effectively share knowledge.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-6482017-02-20T06:41:21Z NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework Langmann, Sten Poverty reduction remains a concern in both a global and Indian context, being a major objective of current development planning processes. The aim of this thesis is to explore an alternative post-colonial approach to the application of knowledge management to development, focussed on the problem of poverty reduction in the context of NGOs operating in Tamil Nadu. A qualitative research design was adopted, drawing on multiple sources of data, collected in Tamil Nadu. It was found that a Knowledge Sharing for Development (KS4D) framework emerged as a way how NGOs can more effectively share knowledge. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/648 en Curtin University fulltext
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NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework
title NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework
title_full NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework
title_fullStr NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework
title_full_unstemmed NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework
title_short NGOs and poverty reduction in Tamil Nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework
title_sort ngos and poverty reduction in tamil nadu : exploring a knowledge-sharing for development framework
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/648