The Art of Knowledge Exchange : A Results-Focused Planning Guide for Development Practitioners in the Social, Urban, Land, and Resilience Sectors

Welcome to this customized edition of The Art of Knowledge Exchange.

Based on the original Art of Knowledge Exchange: A Results-Focused Planning Guide for Development Practitioners, this guide has been customized for practitioners in the urban, social, land, and resilience sectors. It offers a practical step-by-step framework with illustrative examples on how to design, implement, and measure progress with regard to knowledge exchange initiatives. While the guide contains information that is of value to all those involved in knowledge exchange from the local to the global level, it is particularly geared to those who broker the exchange of knowledge and expertise on development challenges and solutions in the areas of urban and social development, land administration, and resilience.

This guide will help practitioners to:

• Consider knowledge exchange within a broader programmatic and development context.
• Ensure that knowledge exchange initiatives are stakeholder owned and demand driven. »»Determine the challenges to reaching a solution.
• Reflect on the change processes needed to address these challenges.
• Identify individuals or groups who can play effective roles in bringing about needed change.
• Choose the right mix of knowledge exchange instruments and activities to help participants learn, grow, and act.
• Implement in an adaptive and learning-focused manner. »»Measure and report the results of a knowledge exchange initiative.

This guide includes and refers to case studies and other examples of successful knowledge exchange initiatives in the urban, social, land, and resilience sectors, highlighting lessons learned from implementing these initiatives for high development impact. It also reflects the experience of dozens of World Bank Group staff, knowledge and learning professionals, government officials, and other international and development practitioners who have successfully integrated knowledge exchange as a part of a larger change process