Knowledge Management: West and Central Africa Region

SLH Rapid Action Learning Papers
July 2018

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This Sanitation and Hygiene Hunter-Gatherer Thematic Note focuses on the importance of knowledge management to learning in the sector. Knowledge management is the process of creating, sharing, using and managing information. The essence is to have knowledge shared and available for people to learn from and integrate into their work towards overall improved performance.

It is done using technologies that provide cross-sectoral learning. These tools include the internet, intranet, publications in soft and hard copies, discussions, workshops, peer-to-peer learning.

Additional details

PublisherInstitute of Development Studies
RegionCentral Africa, Western Africa
ThemesMonitoring, evaluation and learning, Slippage, Sustainability and safely managed sanitation
ApproachesRapid Action Learning approaches
Citation

Akpa, O. and F. Allade (2018) Knowledge Management: West and Central Africa Region, Sanitation and Hygiene Hunter-Gatherer Thematic Note, Brighton: IDS

LanguageEnglish

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