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Strategic Communication for Rural Development

Fabio Maria Santucci

Communication for Sustainable Development in Operation Unit; Development Communication Division; External Affairs Vice-Presidency; World Bank (2005), 111 pp.

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Gender and ICTs for Development: A Global Sourcebook

Minke Valk, Sarah Cummings, Henk Van Dam (eds.)

Amsterdam; Oxford: Royal Tropical Institute (KIT); Oxfam (2005), 143 pp.

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Village Phone Replication Manual: Creating Sustainable Access to Affordable Telecommunications for the Rural Poor

David Keogh, Tim Wood

New York: United Nations ICT Task Force (2005), 178 pp.

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Desarrollo rural y tecnologías de información y comunicación: Experiencias en el Perú. Lecciones aprendidas y recomendaciones

Juan Fernando Bossio, Javier López Velarde, Miguel Sarvia, Peter Wolf

Lima: Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG); Ministerio de Agricultura (MINAG); Programa Desarrollo Rural Sostenible GTZ (PDRS) (2005), 52 pp.

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Media for Rural Development: A Guide for Media Use
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Karin Bohmann

Eschborn: Division 4500 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ); InWEnt (2004), 32 pp.

"This guide was elaborated from the practice for practitioners. In the face of the enormous challenges in rural development, we hope that it contributes to professional media work in order to improve the access of the rural population to the knowledge and information necessary for sustainable develo ... more

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Participatory Rural Communication Appraisal: Starting with the People. A Handbook

Chike Anyaegbunam, Paolo Mefalopulos, Titus Moetsabi

Rome: FAO, 2nd ed. (2004), 160 pp.

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A Rural ICT Toolkit for Africa

Andrew Dymond, Sonja Oestmann

African Connection (AC) (2004), iv, 67 pp. + annexes

"The Rural ICT Toolkit concentrates on the “how to” of implementing rural ICT programs and projects. It is aimed at providing state of the art knowledge and best practice on rural ICT development, basic recommended standards and tools for rural ICT initiatives. Among other things, it summarises ... more

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Radio Palung: First Baseline Survey on Need Assessment and Situation Analysis Prior to the Establishment of Radio Palung

Khagendra Prasai, Devraj Roka, Raghu Mainali

Kathmandu: Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2004), 105 pp.

"The specific objectives of the study were to: find out the source, means and condition of information; obtain some information on the condition of education; find out condition and practices related to caste and ethnicity; obtain some information on people's belief in tradition and superstition; ob ... more

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Development and Communication in Africa

Charles C. Okigbo, Festus Eribo (eds.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2004), xi, 249 pp.

"This collection of eighteen essays of uneven richness underserved by an overly thin two-page introduction brings together some of the best known names in Development Communication in an attempt to understand African aspirations, experiences, challenges and the place of communication in development. ... more

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Livelihoods Approaches to Information and Communication in Support of Rural Poverty Elimination and Food Security

Robert Chapman, Tom Slaymaker, John Young

Overseas Development Institute (ODI); Department of International Development (DFID); FAO (2003), viii, 62 pp.

"It is widely acknowledged that a livelihoods approach provides a useful, logically consistent framework for thinking through the complex issues influencing the lives of the poor. In particular it draws attention to ways in which policies, institutions and decision-making processes influence resourc ... e access and ownership, and determine strategic livelihood options available to poor households. Information and communication systems are crucial in this regard, both in generating information required by the rural poor to make decisions on livelihood strategies, and in generating information required by institutions responsible for making decisions about policies and processes that affect those strategies. In each case, it is only through improved information that individuals and institutions can make informed choices about the opportunities and constraints associated with agriculture-based strategies. However, improved information alone is not sufficient for improved decision-making. Decision-making is a political process and promoting multi-stakeholder participation in decision-making processes is a key concern. Furthermore, different stakeholder groups each have specific information needs and delivery preferences. Highly differentiated information needs assessment is essential in order to effectively support decision-making at different levels. It is evident that effective promotion of poverty reduction and food security requires changes in institutions and attitudes, knowledge and information levels, processes and skills. Improved understanding of the capacity of decision-makers at different levels to make use of the information provided is key for the identification of appropriate systems and institutions for the delivery of relevant information. Enhancing the quality and quantity of information also relies on attention to the flow of information, such as the means of communication, format and content. Information can potentially have a catalytic role but much depends on its reliability and relevance to the needs of particular user groups. There is a necessary trade-off between the level of technical detail involved in information collection and analysis, and the practical usefulness of that information. Standardisation of techniques of information collection, storage and presentation is important, both to improve efficiency in information handling within agencies and also to ensure that information can be used externally by other agencies, thereby facilitating greater cross-sectoral communication and coordination. Equally important is developing effective means of prioritising information needs at different levels. Improved information can enable people to better defend their interests and articulate their needs; it increases their bargaining power and ability to influence decision-making processes which affect them. Transparency is equally important if information is to empower people to make better decisions. Improved communication systems can enable individuals to organise as groups and use information to hold institutions and authorities accountable." (Executive summary, page vi) more

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Agricultural Extension, Rural Development and the Food Security Challenge

William McLeod Rivera

Rome: FAO (2003), ix, 82 pp.

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Closing the Gap in Access to Rural Communications: Chile 1995-2002

Bjorn Wellenius

Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), ix, 52 pp.

"In 1994 the government established a Telecommunications Development Fund, financed by the national budget, to catalyze additional private investment in payphone service in rural and urban areas with low income and low telephone density. The Fund has been very successful. Between 1995 and 2000 it su ... pported the provision of payphone service to more than 6,000 rural localities with about 2.2 million inhabitants, thereby reducing the proportion of Chile's population living in places without access to basic voice communication from 15 percent in 1994 to 1 percent in 2002. In addition, some 25,000 individual rural telephone lines are being provided. The subsidies awarded cost the government less than 0.3 percent of total telecommunications sector revenue during the funding period, and Fund administration cost about 3 percent of the monies granted. The Fund's success was due largely to extensive reliance on market forces to determine and allocate subsidies, minimal regulatory intervention, simple and relatively expeditious processing, and effective government leadership. Competition among existing and new operators for the rural market and subsidies led to substantial reductions in cost to the government compared to earlier public sector investments in similar facilities. Commercial success has hinged on operators using the subsidized payphone infrastructures to also provide individual business and residential telephone lines and, subsequently, add value through new services (including voice mail and internet access in some areas) over this network. Interconnection was the single most important regulatory factor of commercial viability, with access charges in some cases surpassing 40 percent of rural operating revenues. The design of the Fund proved robust, and remains the leading example of a costeffective slution to reduce access gaps in basic communication in emerging economies. Some questions remain, however, about whether the services can be sustained in the long term, what to do with the small residual rural population still excluded, and whether anything needs to be done in urban areas. These questions-in addition to limited design improvements suggested by the Fund's experience, as well as work still in progress on quality standards and monitoring-are relevant to the Fund's proposed extension into more advanced modes of communication and access to information, as well as to other countries learning from the Chilean experience." (Executive summary) more

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A Guidebook on Journal Publishing for Agriculture and Rural Development
Key Guidance

Anthony Youdeowei

Maritza Hee Huong; Paul Neate; Paul Stapleton (contrib.)

Oxford; Wageningen: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2001), xiv, 99 pp.

"One in a series of guidebooks and training manuals for journal editors in developing countries that are active in the field of agriculture and rural development. They aim to assist editors to improve their publishing operations, and provide more effective communication of the scholarship and the re ... more

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Communication for Rural Development: To Improve Planning, Participation and Training

Rome: FAO (2000), ?? pp.

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Comunicación para el desarrollo rural: Para mejorar la planificación, participación y capacitación

Rome: FAO (2000), ?? pp.

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L'appui au développement communautaire: Une expérience de communication en Afrique de l'Ouest

Lucie Alexandre, Guy Bessette (eds.)

Ottawa; Paris: Centre de Recherches pour le Développement International; Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (2000), 215 pp.

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École aux champs: Pour une démarche de communication

Hugues Dupriez (ed.)

Nivelles; Paris: L'Harmattan (1999), 272 pp.

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Communicative Aspects of Participatory Video Projects: An Exploratory Study

Bernhard Huber

Uppsala: Department of Rural Development Studies Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (1999), v, 79 pp.

"This exploratory study analyses the functions and implications of participatory video projects in rural development settings. The term ‘participatory video’ refers to a bundle of innovative usages of video technology which enjoy growing popularity in many corners of the world. After the first t ... more

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Voces para el cambio: La comunicación y la mujer rural

Silvia Balit (ed.)

Rome: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) (1999), 37 pp.

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La communication pour le développement rural: Instructions et directives à l'intention des planificateurs du développement et des élaborateurs de projets

Rome: FAO (1998), 19 pp.

"Cette étude a pour objet de donner un aperçu du rôle que joue la communication dans le développement rural. Elle est surtout destinée à fournir une orientation et des directives à ceux qui ont la responsabilité d'identifier et d'élaborer des projets et des programmes de développement agri ... more

Media for Rural Development: A Guide for Media Use Key Guidance

A Guidebook on Journal Publishing for Agriculture and Rural Development Key Guidance

Media for Rural Development: A Guide for Media Use
Key Guidance

A Guidebook on Journal Publishing for Agriculture and Rural Development
Key Guidance