What is it about?

The paper highlights pertinent reasons why indigenous knowledge would remain vital to any development initiative. It offers twenty pertinent reasons why local knowledge will continue to be of significance in the implementation of development initiatives in the South

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Why is it important?

It provides important information on the strength of local or indigenous knowledge vis a vis Western science. The twenty pertinent reasons offered by in the paper are arguably the basis for considering local knowledge in any development agenda.

Perspectives

The paper is an important resource because it is an eye opener to academics, researchers and development practitioners on the need to negotiate knowledges for development

Prof Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole
University of Botswana

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This page is a summary of: Twenty reasons why local knowledge will remain relevant to development, Development in Practice, October 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1078777.
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