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USAID (2011), viii, 18 pp.

"Overall, the findings indicate that IREX is indeed performing as their work plans project and is moving partners to increasing their ability to provide more quality information in a range of media accessible not only in local communities but also in the global marketplace. Partner MSOs and media ou ... more

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Assessment of Media Development in Mozambique: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Tomás Vieira Mário (coord.)

Paris: UNESCO (2011), viii, 87 pp.

"Over the last five years, Mozambique has achieved significant improvements in the supporting infrastructure for developing and expanding media and ICTs. The expansion of the optical fibre services, and of access to fixed and mobile telephony and b ... more

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Generating Genuine Demand for Accountability Through Communication: A Trainer's Guide

Anne-Katrin Arnold, Helen Garcia

Washington, DC: Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) World Bank (2011), viii, 62 pp.

"This guide is designed for development practitioners in donor organizations, governments, and civil society, who are setting up capacity-building programs for promoting sustainable accountability and governance reform. A conceptual framework for c ... more

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Wageningen; The Hague; Amsterdam: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA); Royal Tropical Institute (KIT); International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2009), xi, 321 pp.

"This is a practical and well structured manual aiming to use self-evaluation for organisational learning. The book consists of four parts. "The evaluation context" introduces the role of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment as part of the project cycle logic. "The evaluation process" descri ... more

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Evaluation of UNESCO's Community Multimedia Centres: Final Report

Heather Creech

Paris: Evaluation Section Internal Oversight Service UNESCO (2006), 61 pp.

"Since 2001, UNESCO has established more than 87 Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) in over 22 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean with major funding provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation ... (SDC). The evaluation describes the initiative's main achievement: 'The CMCs are accepted by and fully integrated into the communities and can in many cases be sustained beyond the pilot phase without core operating grants. The effort and funding that UNESCO has channeled into this transformative initiative have been exceeded by the hard work and commitment of the CMC staff and the communities where they are based. Among other key findings, the evaluators clearly acknowledge the contribution of CMCs to local development, noting that longer term benefits are already being realized within individual communities, such as the gradual removal of barriers to social inclusion, the stimulation of poverty alleviation through access to knowledge of better health, resource management, agriculture practices and the creation of new livelihoods opportunities. CMCs are also recognized as critical tools for local communities to mediate changes brought on by globalization and the advent of new technologies: The CMC role in fostering cultural resilience. The capacity of a community to retain critical knowledge and at the same time adapt to external influences and pressures - is particularly remarkable. In addition to an extensive review of documentation, the evaluation used field research, interviews, questionnaires, an online survey, and case studies to review the CMC initiative, a flagship activity of UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector. Equitable and expanded access to ICTs is promoted in many ways, such as subsidized training for those with special requirements and/or marginalized groups; close work with schools, small businesses and the independent sector; or the provision of information to more remote communities through radio, says the evaluation report. The evaluation also points out challenges faced by the CMC initiative, including the strategic use of CMC networks as delivery mechanisms for development services, from projects and programmes of UN agencies and national governments to those of local civil society groups. Many challenges relate to sustainability of local facilities in low-income and least-developed localities. As CMCs depend on volunteers for the delivery of training, radio programming and other services, they face difficulties in finding appropriate incentives for volunteers and struggle with managing volunteer turnover. Another challenge consists of opportunities for networking and staff development, which to date have been limited. Evaluators point out the need for CMCs to learn from and access expertise more easily and systematically from each other in order to be sustainable. Enabling national policy environments are very important for the development and sustainability of CMCs. Sudden changes in national policies on connectivity charges can destabilize CMCs and broadcast licensing restrictions or restrictions on press freedom can prevent CMCs from being able to broadcast freely and to a broader constituency, says the report." (UNESCO website) more

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Trafficking in Persons: USAID’s Response

Washington, DC: USAID (2006), 26 pp.

"Over the past five years USAID has supported anti-trafficking activities in more than 70 countries tailored to the conditions of the country. Most prevention programs combine awareness raising and education, employment, and income generation. Protection programs include ... more

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Exploring New Modalities: Experiences with Information and Communications Technology Interventions in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Review and Analysis of the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme

Michael Dougherty

Bangkok; New Delhi: Elsevier (2006), x, 155 pp.

"This book is a review of 56 projects funded by the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific from 2002-2005. The aim of this book is to examine trends within these particular information and communications technology (ICT) projects in ord ... more

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Monroe E. Price, Bethany Davis Noll, Daniel De Luce

Oxford; Philadelphia: Progamme in Comparative Media Law and Policy Centre for Socio-Legal Studies University of Oxford; Annenberg School for Communication (2002), 62 pp.

"The purpose of this study is to provide a ‘map’ of media assistance. Like all maps, this one has artificial limitations. It is confined largely to the post-Soviet period. It is a map of media assistance efforts, based almost wholly on experiences on activities emanating from Europe and the Unit ... more

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Evaluation of the Population Communication Services (PCS) Project

Gerard Bowers, Rafael Obregón, Audrey Sullivan, Audrey Sullivan, Thomas Tufte, Shereen Usdin

Washington, DC: Population Technical Assistance Project; USAID (2001), 67 pp.

"The Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS) project has been the Office of Population’s leading project for communication and behavior change since 1982. Now working under its fourth cooperative agreement* with USAID ... , JHU/PCS and its subcontractors provide technical and financial support for communication projects in all stages of design, implementation, and assessment, including audience identification, message design, determination of appropriate media mix, materials development, and program evaluation. Previous versions of the PCS project (i.e., those carried out under the first three PCS projects) emphasized production of and training for the development of posters, brochures, flip charts, and other materials for providers and facilities materials which were largely lacking at that time. The earlier projects also pioneered the use of mass media, music, and drama for family planning and health promotion. The design of the current PCS project recognizes the importance of community mobilization and interpersonal communication and counseling (IPC/C), and incorporates all three elements in a three-pronged strategy wherever possible. In addition to these planned additional areas of responsibility, PCS IV has become increasingly involved in functional areas that were not anticipated when it was awarded in 1995. These include child survival (including polio eradication), prevention of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), environmental health, and—representing the most obvious departure from the project’s traditional orientation—democracy and governance. PCS has assumed responsibility for virtually all of these unanticipated new tasks in response to field support–funded requests from USAID Missions. Indeed, the field support–driven nature of the PCS project is one of its central characteristics. At present, approximately 80 percent of PCS funds are derived from Mission field support funds—a substantial portion of which (approximately 30 percent) has been provided to address communication needs in the areas beyond family planning/reproductive health noted above. The evaluation presented herein was designed to assess JHU/PCS performance in meeting the objectives set forth in the current cooperative agreement, as well as to examine the project’s effectiveness in responding to these new and unforeseen challenges. The evaluation team was asked to review the tools and methodology that JHU/PCS and its partners apply to these tasks, as well as the communication science that underlies PCS’s strategic approach." (Executive summary) more

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Rural Radio in Action: A CTA Experience

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2001), 10 pp.

"This paper reviews the rural radio environment in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. It outlines CTA products and services that are geared towards strengthening CTA rural radio activities in these countries. The paper comprises of sec ... more

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Books for Schools: Improving Access to Supplementary Reading Materials in Africa

Diana Rosenberg (ed.)

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2000), xii, 200 pp.

"The aim of this study was to examine some of the models through which the school population in Africa gain access to supplementary reading material, and to reach some conclusions which methods work best, and in which circumstances, and to recommend strategies that are affordable and sustainable. Gi ... more

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The Art of Facilitating Participation: Releasing the Power of Grassroots Communication

Shirley A. White (ed.)

Thousand Oaks: Sage (1999), 367 pp.

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Desarrollo desde arriba y desde abajo: Información, documentación y comunicación en las ONGs de América Latina

Laura Hurtado Galván

Cusco: Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos Bartolomé de Las Casas (1995), 397 pp.

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Tripartite Review Report: Bhutan Broadcasting Services

Carlos A. Arnoldo, Lis Garval, Martin E. Allard, Sonam Tshong

Paris: UNESCO (1994), ii, 34 pp.

"During the last year, a new self-confidence and a firm continuation of broadcasting operations have been observed in the new autonomous media organization. In the recruitment of new personnel (and the separation of unfit staff), in financial operations and management decisions, indications of a new ... more

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How to Establish Effective Book Marketing and Distribution Systems in Asia/Pacific: Report of the Regional Training Course on Book Production in Asia/Pacific (Tokyo, Japan, September 21-October 9, 1994)

Tokyo: AsiaPacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) (1994), 108 pp.

"The participants in this 1994 regional training course examined the issue of book distribution and marketing. They focused on book marketing together with the development of distribution in order ... more

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Tools for Community Participation: A Manual for Training Trainers in Participatory Techniques

Lyra Srinivasan

Washington, DC: UNDP; PROWWESSUNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (1993), 179 pp.

"Divided into two parts, this manual focuses on the SARAR (Self Esteem, Associative Strengths, Resourcefulness, Action Planning, Responsibility) approach which the Promotion of the Role of Women in Water and Environmental Sanitation Services (PROWE ... more

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Partners in Evaluation: Evaluating Development and Community Programmes with Participants

Marie-Therese Feuerstein

London: Macmillan (1987), xii, 196 pp.

"Designed to help those who want to monitor and evaluate their work. This book advocates simple, low-cost methods appropriate for community development programmes, and can be used in the field by those who have no ... more

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Development of Communication in the Arab States: Needs and Priorities

Yahya Abu Bakr, Saad Labib, Hamdy Kandil

Paris: UNESCO (1985), 60 pp.

"Taking a broad view, this report focuses on the need for communication planning and for recognition by Arab countries that communication must be placed in the larger context of comprehensive development planning. Several sections also consider the ... more

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Broadcasting in Asia and the Pacific: A Continental Survey of Radio and Television

John A. Lent (ed.)

Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1978), xx, 429 pp.

"Asian and Pacific national broadcasting personnel and international communication scholars, trainers, and practitioners contributed to this anthology, which covers the instructional and functional foundations of broadcasting in 44 countries, territories, and dependencies, ranging from Afghanistan o ... more

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African Broadcasting in the Seventies: International Conference 25th June - 5th July 1972 = La radio en Afrique dans les annees soixante-dix

Berlin: German Foundation for International Development (DSE) (1973), 130 pp.

Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services Key Guidance

Mapping Media Assistance Top Insights

Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services
Key Guidance

Mapping Media Assistance
Top Insights