Knowledge Transfer and Exchange in Healthcare: A Literature Review

Measuring the influence of IDB knowledge to promote development effectiveness

“…In general, MDBs fully understand the importance of knowledge management and their role as brokers in the process (ADB, 2012;World Bank, 2021), but they struggle to measure knowledge, let alone its impact, due to a lack of consistent concepts, definitions, objectives among stakeholders (e.g., quantity, relevance, quality, impact), measurement tools and metrics, and practices among sta . A few organizations have completed studies, predominately through surveys, such as the AidData Listening to Leaders longitudinal research series (Custer et al, 2018;2021), which analyzes the impact of technical assistance on development cooperation and aims to understand the relationship between policy advice and the setting of policy priorities. In general, the literature in this area is sporadic and largely siloed within individual institutions (see Appendix II for a thorough review of e orts to measure knowledge impact across a set of key MDBs).…”

“…KTE activities can benefit organizations by enhancing their spillover e ects on target audiences and communities, which is what the IDB seeks to achieve. However, the majority of KTE literature is generated in healthcare and international business settings (e.g., Beretta, 2021;Hamdoun, Jabbour, and Othman, 2018;Horvath et al, 2017;Lee and Ma, 2019). In their examination of knowledge management e ectiveness in public sector organizations, McEvoy, Ragab, and Arisha (2019) find that strong knowledge management agendas could help government organizations to provide services more e ectively, thus linking such activities with public outcomes.…”

“…Another approach to measuring impact can be found in the AidData Listening to Leaders longitudinal research series (Custer et al, 2018;2021), which analyzes the impact of technical assistance on development cooperation and aims to understand the relationship between policy advice and the setting of policy priorities. In a series of surveys, leaders 8 from di erent institutional contexts evaluate the degree to which MDBs influence the policy agenda of partner countries, provide useful advice, and how helpful MDBs are in the project implementation phase.…”

“…This approach to results contrasts with results frameworks for attributing impact that have been more recently applied to specific topical knowledge programs at the World Bank and evaluated using the Strategic Research Program framework (World Bank, 2017;2021). The SRP finances research in seven key themes: (i) private sector development and entrepreneurship, (ii) financial development, (iii) education, (iv) trade and globalization, (v) agriculture and rural development, (vi) infrastructure and transport, and (vii) poverty and inequality.…”