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dc.contributor.authorAllcock, Lizen
dc.contributor.authorKainja, Jimmyen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T13:54:29Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T13:54:29Z
dc.date.issuedSeptember 2011en
dc.identifier.citationAllcock, L. and Kainja, J. (2011) Reimagining 21st Century Development in Malawi: Generating and Sharing Knowledge Beyond the Traditional Development Establishment. IDS Bulletin 42(5): 99-103en
dc.identifier.issn1759-5436en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/7630
dc.description.abstractPolicymaking on development in Malawi has long taken place in a heavily government, NGO and donor?run system. Policymakers are invariably informed by the usual types of evidence from established sources, which reinforce existing agendas. Online communities present a free space, bringing together a spectrum of people and perspectives in a setting where debates can evolve, are continuously updated and interaction is key. This space can provide a fertile environment for ideas, knowledge and evidence that can create new agendas and develop existing ones in innovative ways. This article examines the role of the Malawi Development Exchange (MDE) as provider of an open space for development discourse. We assert that the online space is highly conducive to exploring a wide range of idea and value shifts, and to encountering alternatives that are less constrained and could be more challenging to the status quo than those generated by engagement in formal forums.en
dc.format.extent5en
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 42 Nos. 5en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.titleReimagining 21st Century Development in Malawi: Generating and Sharing Knowledge Beyond the Traditional Development Establishmenten
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holder© 2011 The Authors. IDS Bulletin © 2011 Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1759-5436.2011.00259.xen


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