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The Knowledge Brokers’ Forum (KBF) is a collaborative space to promote knowledge sharing and dissemination around intermediary work in international development.

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Why I support isolated aid workers across the globe and so should you!

Rich countries delivered $3.2 trillion of aid to poor countries between 1960 and 2008 (World Bank, 2011). Yet only 36% of aid workers think projects achieve their intended impact (McKinsey & Devex, 2011). Aid recipients agree, calling for a change in [...]

Posted by Jennifer Lentfer • 9 days ago • View comments

The Case of the Missing Tomato Cages

I've often said that it was easier for me to move to rural Zimbabwe than to Detroit. When people ask me why this farm-girl-turned-aid-worker devoted myself to placing community-driven development initiatives at the forefront of aid, here’s w [...]

Posted by Jennifer Lentfer • 11 days ago • View comments

New Knowledge Mobilizaton Journal Club Posting

I have posted a new broker's view of a KMb research article.  This one summarizes the following article: Allan Best and Bev Holmes (2010) Systems thinking, knowledge and action: towards better models and methods. Evidence & Policy, 2010, 6(2): 14 [...]

Posted by David Phipps • 12 days ago • View comments

K* Day Two highlights

Below are some of the highlights/tweets/blogs from day two’s discussion at the K* conference – hope these are useful: K* day 2 highlights K* is about brokering relationships and trust David Phipps: Role of K* professional is to create trusted relat [...]

Posted by Yaso Kunaratnam • 22 days ago • View comments

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