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The Department of Transportation, for example, does not fully consider how increased investment in passenger or freight railways might alleviate the need for additional road and highway expenditures, and does not coordinate the landside port improvements it funds with Army Corps of Engineers waterside invest- ments at the very same ports. Indeed, according to a recent Center for American Progress analysis, integrated transportation spending accounts for only about 2 percent of the Department of Transportation’s investments—a distressing figure for those concerned with maximizing efficiency and minimizing costs. 17 Exacerbating this problem is the inherently reactive nature of the many federal agencies responsible for. | Indigenous Knowledge Local Pathways to Global Development Marking Five Years of the World Bank Indigenous Knowledge for Development Program 2004 Knowledge and Learning Group Africa Region The World Bank IK Notes reports periodically on indigenous knowledge IK initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally on such initiatives outside the Region. It is published by the Africa Region s Knowledge and Learning Group as part of an evolving IK partnership between the World Bank communities NGOs development institutions and multilateral organizations. For information please e-mail ik-info@. The Indigenous Knowledge for Development Program can be found on the web at http afr ik The views and opinions expressed within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the World Bank or any of its affiliated organizations. iii Contents Acronyms and PART ONE LEAD ARTICLES 1. Indigenous Knowledge a Local Pathway to Global Development. 1 2. Indigenous Capacity Enhancement Developing Community 3. Education and Indigenous 4. Women s Indigenous Knowledge Building Bridges Between the Traditional and the Modern. 13 5. Indigenous Responses to AIDS in Africa . 18 6. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Local Knowledge Innovations in 7. Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Resource 8. Indigenous Knowledge and Science and Technology Conflict Contradiction or Concurrence .34 9. Indigenous Approaches to Conflict Resolution in 10. Indigenous Knowledge The Way Authors of the Lead PART TWO IK NOTES IK Notes Summaries .66 The IK Notes 1. Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa An 2. Zimbabwe Sustainable Indigenous Knowledge Systems in 3. Senegalese Women Remake their 4. Ghana From Sacrilege to Sustainability .