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Information and knowledge exchange: the cases of the World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 103 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 1092-4604
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1441(200004/06)7:2<66::aid-kpm90>3.0.co;2-c

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✦ Synopsis

This paper consists of two case studies: the World Meteorological Organization's information/knowledge exchange on oceanic weather and The World Health Organization's information/knowledge exchange on in¯uenza. In both cases the issues of context, codi®cation and commodi®cation arise. Most importantly, these exchanges have the power to save lives. The fact that they do so is evidence as to the importance of exchanging information/knowledge.

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