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The World Bank has identified as one of its goals improved decision making
and pro-poor resource allocation in transport and rural utilities, and
through its TRISP programme aims to strengthen the demand for, and improve
access to relevant knowledge for stakeholders (defined as those working
in transport and rural utilities in developing countries).
DFID is working with the Bank on the TRISP project, and as an initial
contribution has proposed a knowledge demand assessment which will:
- Review what is known about patterns and processes of knowledge
demand from the literature, and what are the gaps in this understanding;
- Assess the (expressed vs latent??) demand for information and
knowledge by different categories of the stakeholder community
dealing with transport issues;
- Describe the patterns of information use by each category of
stakeholder, and constraints to effective access and uptake;
- Map the knowledge and learning environments in the World Bank
and DFID and their transport information products with intended
audiences, circulation and evidence of impact.
The Literature Review
The first activity will be a literature review to identify existing
knowledge about the demand for information on transport issues in
rural areas in developing countries, and current understanding about
the role of information and knowledge in poverty alleviation and
policy processes. The review will build on ODI’s current work
for FAO on information for livelihoods, and for DFID on research-policy
linkages.
Outputs
Key outputs of the literature review include:
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