Taxonomies for Development
Serrat, Olivier | September 2010
Abstract
Organizations spend millions of dollars on management systems without commensurate investments in the categorization needed to organize the information they rest on. Taxonomy work is strategic work: it enables efficient and interoperable retrieval and sharing of data, information, and knowledge by building needs and natural workflows in intuitive structures.
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Serrat, Olivier. 2010. Taxonomies for Development. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/536. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Aid And Development
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Rural planning
Aid coordination
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