Is there a positive relationship between (expert) knowledge and (effective) decision-making?
The weak linkages between information/ knowledge and public policy design/ decision-making are an old and well-known problem in both the North and the South. However, the “knowledge-based aid” rhetoric appears to take such relationship between (expert) knowledge and (effective) decision-making for granted, as well as between their respective assumed agents – Agencies, on one hand, and countries (now governments and civil societies) on the other. The whos, whats, what fors, wheres and hows of such knowledge and knowledge transfer are not put into question. The WB claims that the gap between knowledge and decision-making is getting smaller in client countries – where we would be seeing “more effective policy making”. However, the EFA decade assessment showed very clearly that education policies conducted in the 1990s did not accomplish the goals. In the case of Latin America, “quality improvement” in school education is not visible, at least not in the domain that matters and that was su
Related Questions
- Do effective parenting practices contribute to a positive parent-child relationship and, in turn, to healthy child development?
- How does Pacific ensure effective knowledge transfer in order to execute my processes efficiently?
- What is the most effective balance between positive reinforcement and punishment?
