1. Using Knowledge Exchange for Capacity Development:
Prepared for the HLF4 Thematic Session on
Capacity Development and Knowledge Exchange
Busan, November 29, 2011
KDI-WBI Joint Study
Using Knowledge Exchange for Capacity Development:
What Works in Global Practice?
Wonhyuk Lim

2. Knowledge Sharing in Action
Ultimate Outcome
Development Goal
Capacity Development and Institution Building
Consultation Report
Intermediate Outcome
Output
Interviews and Meetings
Joint Research
Study Tours
Seminars
Activities
Coalition Building
Knowledge Conversion
Experts
Government Officials
Practitioners
Peer-to-Peer
Tacit Knowledge Exchange
Empathy / Inspiration
Experts
Government Officials
Practitioners
-consultation report imposes discipline on the whole process and codifies tacit knowledge to the extent possible.
Country Ownership, Cross-Country and Within-Country Interaction, and Pragmatic Recommendations

3. Lessons and Implications
Country Ownership
A partner country should think for itself and make its own decisions even if it must engage with the outside world to narrow the knowledge and finance gap.
Identify local demand and link the program to specific institution building needs.
Identify key “change agents” who are in position to apply the gained knowledge into actual practice.
Design the program to promote capacity development and sustain momentum for change—and leave the final decision to the partner country.

4. Lessons and Implications
Cross-Country and Within-Country Interactions
Facilitate tacit knowledge exchange and local institution building by promoting peer-to-peer interactions between knowledge partners from two countries.
Build effective reform partnership by promoting interactions among high-, mid-, and working-level agents and between public and private sectors within a country.
Pragmatic Recommendations
Draw from actual experience, as well as theory and comparative perspectives, and incorporate the local context.