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There have been two notable examples of action learning being employed at the national level, both of them by Revans — the Belgian and Egyptian (or referenced as the Nile) projects (1968–71). Revans also was involved with public service initiatives in both India and Australia, but on a much less ambitious level than in Belgium and Egypt.
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Dilworth, R.L., Bellon, D., Boshyk, Y. (2010). National Level Experiments with Action Learning: Belgium and Beyond. In: Boshyk, Y., Dilworth, R.L. (eds) Action Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250734_5
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