The private sector as the ‘unusual suspect’ in knowledge brokering for international sustainable development: a critical review
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Date
2020
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Knowledge Management for Development Journal
Abstract
Although the private sector’s engagement in sustainable international development is
receiving increasing emphasis, its role in knowledge brokering has probably not yet
received enough attention. Drawing on the Glegg and Hoens’ (2016) meta-framework
of knowledge brokering we analysed the role of the private sector in knowledge
brokering in Europe and Africa, based on the literature. Of the 702 records identified
from 5 bibliographic databases, 13 studies, representing 44 case studies and two
surveys were included. The private sector’s roles are versatile, extending beyond
connecting research evidence to potential users, to connecting researchers to funding
opportunities and to other researchers, and to hosting platforms for collaborative
research and policy making. The private sector actively invests resources to facilitate
knowledge uptake, however this is to a large extent driven by self-interest. Perceived
self-interests remain a barrier to knowledge brokering with the private sector not
always being a trusted partner. Our results demonstrate that ‘lobbying and advocacy’
should be an additional role included in the meta framework of knowledge brokering
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Private sector, Knowledge brokering, International development, Literature review, Africa, Europe
Citation
Kiwanuka, S., Cummings, S., & Regeer, B. (2020). The private sector as the? unusual suspect? in knowledge brokering for international sustainable development: a critical review. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 15(2), 70-97.