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Gender-Sensitive Editing

Monde Sifuniso et al. (eds.)

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2000), 108 pp.

"This excellent manual is intended as a guide for running training courses or workshops for groups of writers, illustrators, editors and others involved in producing popular reading material. Divided into six chapters, the manual takes the reader through various stages: how to develop a gender persp ... 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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Stratégies pour le dévelopment d’un secteur editorial en langues nationales dans les Pays du Sahel—Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, et Sénégal

Hassana Alidou-Ngame

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2000), 116 pp.

"Une synthèse des politiques de plusieurs pays africains francophones en matière de développement et d'utilisation des langues africaines en tant que stratégie essentielle pour l'amélioration et l'expansion des programmes d'éducation, et la f ... more

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Expanding the Book Trade Across Africa: A Study of Current Barriers and Future Potential

Ruth Makotsi, Flora Musonda

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2000), 116 pp.

"A ground-breaking study commissioned by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group ... more

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Financing Textbooks and Teacher Training Materials

Adelino Jaime da Cruz, Theophilus Ayodele George, Firmin Zaddy Gnahore et al.

Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2000), viii, 120 pp.

"Through four case studies, this book examines some of the key issues in funding provision of textbooks and training materials in Africa. The case studies, contributed by experts in textbook production and distribution, offer individual country perspectives from The Gambia, Lesotho, Mozambique and C ... more

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Covering Diversity: A Resource and Training Manual for African Journalists

Washington, DC; Lagos; New York: Panos; Independent Journalism Centre; and the News Media Peace Center for War (2000), 217 pp.

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An Introduction to Publishing Management
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Ian Montagnes

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (1998), xi, 123 pp.

"This is an excellent, concise introduction to publishing management, published in a series that focuses on the issues involved in publishing and developing educational materials in Africa. However, the book is equally valuable to the book professi ... more

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Report on the National Consultation Forum on the Development of Botswana's National Book Policy: Boipuso Conference and Exhibition Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, 6th-8th October, 1997

Gaborone; London: Ministry of Education; Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (1997), 81 pp.

"The report of a consultation forum which brought together 58 participants from book-related organizations and institutions in Botswana, and which was convened to identify the key issues in book development, the problems facing the book industries in Botswana, and the way forward to lead to the esta ... more

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Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
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Maureen Woodhall (ed.)

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (1997), x, 131 pp.

"The five case studies on the cost-effectiveness of publishing educational materials in national and local African languages, published in this volume, were commissioned in 1996 on behalf of the A ... more

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Les habitudes de lecture en Afrique-Sub-Saharienne et les apprentisages traditionels: Bibliographie analytique

Sophia Gazza

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (1997), 64 pp.

"Cette étude et cette bibliographie traitent des attitudes africaines à l'égard du livre, des habitudes de lecture et des politiques de promotion d'une culture de la lecture. La bibliographie fournit des détails sur 218 références bibliographiques, la plupart en français, mais aussi un bon no ... more

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The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa
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Walter Bgoya, Eero Syrjänen et al.

London: Working Group on Books and Learning Materials Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (1997), 147 pp.

"Drawing on research data from 18 African countries, this important study examines the relationship between government policy and decision makers and the educational book industries, concentrating on ... three main areas concerning textbook publishing in Africa: (1) the business environment, (2) the publishing industry, and (3) the critical success and failure factors related to book provision. Primary data was gathered through a series of questionnaires delivered to various organizations concerned with textbook provision, as well as follow-up through direct interviews with government officials and those representing the book professions in each country. Secondary data for the study was collected through published and unpublished sources. Individual chapters provide essential background information about textbook publishing and thereafter analyze current market structures and publishing systems, demand and supply, the size and ownership of the publishing industry, market research, and patterns in purchasing and funding of textbooks. A final chapter “Looking Ahead: Issues and Priorities” provides an overall picture of the major issues as they relate to textbook publishing, sets out a number of recommendations what the authors perceive to be priority targets for textbook provision, and suggests an outline for implementation strategies according to a division of responsibilities between governments and Ministries of Education on the one hand, and publishers on the other. A conclusion states that “the basic problem of publishing in Africa is financial: lack of assets, low level of equity capital and difficulties in meeting loan conditions. Lending institutions in Africa do not consider publishing bankable. And even if they did, present interest rates, which are as high as 44 per cent in some countries, would prohibit any publisher from making use of the facility.” An Appendix provides background facts on all the countries covered by the study, including educational indicators such as literacy rates, government expenditure on education, enrolment ratios, pupil/teacher ratio, and school age population projections." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1868) more

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The Role of Mass Media and Interpersonal Communication in HIV/AIDS Prevention: Results of a Pilot Campaign for Egyptian Workers and University Graduates

F. El-Kamel

Cairo: Documentation and Production Training Centre for Communication; UNICEF (1997), ?? pp.

"A pilot project on Youth Protection was supported by UNICEF and implemented by the Centre for Communication, Training, Documentation, and Production of Cairo University between August 1996 and September 1997. Major objectives were to: 1) gain curr ... ent and in-depth information on relevant knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, and identify risk factors among youth as a key population group; 2) develop key prevention messages suitable for youth and similar target groups; 3) disseminate essential prevention messages among one particular youth group, namely, Cairo University students, who may further disseminate information gained; and 4) develop a model for working with university students which can be replicated in other Universities in Egypt. Implementation began with baseline data collection (through survey and focus group discussions) to assess Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) among the university student target population and identify appropriate intervention techniques and message strategies. Small groups of university students from 10 different faculties were then trained in interpersonal communications skills related to HIV/AIDS and on relevant prevention measures. Ten student rallies were organized to convey essential messages. Impact evaluation was conducted through pre/post-rally interviews with samples of 20 randomly selected students. The main findings of the study point to misconceptions and lack of essential knowledge among university students on HIV/AIDS, including means of protection from infection. Focus group discussions indicate that a significant number of Egyptian youths are engaging in high-risk behaviors. Effective communication techniques can have an impact. Well-organized face-to-face activities such as the youth rallies can be an effective means of conveying socially sensitive health messages related to HIV/AIDS. It is recommended that the methodology be replicated among other youth groups; that more information materials; including video be developed and that mass media be used in a more planned, targeted, systematic and sustained manner to increase impact. Linkages between mass media and interpersonal communications should be identified and strengthened. Both the process and the result of the project are useful in the planning and implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention in Egypt." (Reviewed by Nimal Hettiarachy, UNICEF, cited from the "Annotated Bibliography of Evaluations in Africa": http://www.geocities.com/afreval/documents/education.htm, 10.04.2007) more

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National Book Policies for Africa: The Key to Long-Term Development. Proceedings of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair Indaba 1996, Harare, Zimbabwe, 26-27 July 1996

Murray McCartney (ed.)

Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (1996), 84 pp.

"The proceedings of an 'Indaba' on national book policies held immediately before the 1996 Zimbabwe International Book Fair, and which attracted participants and speakers from many parts of Africa and elsewhere, representing the whole spectrum of b ... more

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Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibliography

Hans M. Zell, Cécile Lomer

London: Hans Zell Publishers (1996), x, 409 pp.

"Contains over 2,200 entries covering books, serials, reference sources, reports, papers in edited collections, book-sector studies and similar documents, and periodical articles drawn from literature published in over 360 journals and magazines. Most entries have a short annotation. Supplementary v ... more

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Participatory Development Tool Kit: Training Manuals for Agencies and Communities

Deepa Narayan, Lyra Srinivasan

Washington, DC: World Bank (1995), ix, 68 pp.

"Experience gained in many countries shows that the acceptance and use of participatory processes is essential to achieve sustainable development. However, without tools and materials to support participatory approaches, wishes do not translate into reality. This tool kit of visual materials was pre ... pared in response to the repeated demands from people working in the field for materials that can help decision makers, project staff, training institutes, trainers and artists initiate the process of developing their own local materials to address their specific concerns. While the need for greater access to this material is clear, we hesitated for some time in putting out a global tool kit for three main reasons. First, because development is rooted in the social, cultural, economic, and political context of societies and its institutions, visual materials should be a reflection of these realities and hence, of necessity, are location-specific. Can a global tool kit, then, serve a useful purpose? After much field experience, we have concluded that the answer is "yes." Over the last ten years, we have found that participatory training is more likely to take root and spread if local trainers and artists have some visual materials to spark their imaginations and, in some sense, to use as models. Just reading about a "pocket chart" is not sufficient; seeing and handling one makes all the difference in understanding the material, its applications, and possible uses. Second, despite the importance of visual materials, readers should not conclude that community development work requires prepared visuals. Many of the activities described can be conducted without the materials included in this kit. For example, maps can be drawn on the ground, and voting can be done by putting stones in squares scratched in the dirt. Issues surrounding gender analysis can be discussed effectively in a group without any visual aids at all. It is up to practitioners to change, simplify, and adapt the materials to their own needs. At the same time, we have found that visual materials are extremely effective in breaking class, gender, education, literacy, professional training, and status barriers. This is true at both the community and agency levels. At the community level they empower those who are not used to speaking up-such as women and the poor-to express themselves and their ideas through drawing, role plays, songs, stories, puppetry and through manipulating materials that are simple to use." (Preface) more

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Donors to African Education (DAE) Working Group on Textbooks and Libraries: Notes from the London Sessions

Carol Priestley

Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, issue 9 (1994), pp. 4-5

"Reports about a meeting of the Donors to African Education group [now Association for the Development of Education in Africa, ADEA] its researc ... more

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Establishment of Information and Documentation Centres: A Manual
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Beate Brodmeier

Bonn: German Foundation for International Development (DSE) (1992), 39 pp.

"Experiences gained by the Documentation Center of the German Foundation for International Development have been used to develop this manual on the establishment of information and documentation centers. Guidelines are set forth for the orientation ... more

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From People's Theatre for Revolution to Popular Theatre for Reconstruction: Diary of a Zimbabwean Workshop

Ross Kidd

Toronto: International Council for Adult Education (1984), 89 pp.

"Focusing on the experience of one of seven working grous at a theater-for-development workshop in Zimbabwe, this report details the process followed by many groups, and reveals some of the major ... more

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Education Through Rural Broadcasting (Australia)

R. G. Thompson

Working Paper United Nations Conference on the Application of Science and Technology for the Benefit of the Less Developed Areas (1962), 8 pp.

"Since 1945 radio has been used for rural development by the Australian Broadcasting Commission — The aim is to serve and unite the farmers who are often very isolated in such a vast and hostile continent — The work done in this field has been extended to the territories of Papua and New Guinea ... more

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Audio-visual Aids Used in the Courses for Training Industrial Technicians in Methods of Organization for Increased Productivity

P. J. Pardal

Working Paper United Nations Conference on the Application of Science and Technology for the Benefit of the Less Developed Areas (1962), 5 pp.

"Analysis of the audio-visual aids used by the Group of Industrial Productivity Study (GEPI) of the Engineering school of the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), mainly films, equipment and data concerning studies ... more

An Introduction to Publishing Management Key Guidance

Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages Top Insights

The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa Top Insights

Establishment of Information and Documentation Centres: A Manual Key Guidance

An Introduction to Publishing Management
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Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
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The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa
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Establishment of Information and Documentation Centres: A Manual
Key Guidance