Knowledge creation in Bangladesh
Institutional Challenges and Personal Opportunities Within Civil Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4840588 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mathilde Maîtrot (0000-0001-9365-6380, Digital Catapult, corresponding author), Mathilde R L Maîtrot |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 683-695 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2016.1197887 |
| OpenAlex | W2518402508 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
This article offers an institutional and sociological analysis of knowledge generation and dissemination for policy in Bangladesh. Because institutions participating in knowledge generation remain largely understudied, the article focuses on analysing the means and challenges to knowledge creation, and the complex agency and power relations among and within think tanks and universities. The article concludes that the scarcity of domestic financial resources and the political co-option of think tanks and universities weaken academic freedom, fragment the knowledge creation process, and contribute to depoliticising research. Research-to-policy linkages are engineered through the personalised networks of a few strategic individuals
Business · Civil society · Economic growth · Economics · Knowledge creation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Scarcity · Social science · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Public Administration · Marketing
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |