While most African nations adopted economic policies, with a view to modernize society, and transform the productive sectors, indigenous knowledge - that could have supported this process, or offered alternative perspectives - was often relegated. However, the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, through the notion of sustainable development, catapulted these practices to the forefront of the development discourse. Policymakers are highlighting the critical role...
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Indigenous knowledge for development program - two years down the road (English). Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes|no 21 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/916291468210597583