"This paper reviews the public positioning of official development assistance (ODA) pr ograms of selected donor countries, as well as that of multilateral development institutions. It compares and contrasts their communications objectives, messages, strategies, practices and products. It also discus ... ses the organizational structures that governments and multilaterals have established to manage public information and communications on development aid. Based on this review and the Concept Paper for Russia's International Development Assistance, it suggests issues for discussion towards developing a communications strategy and plan for Russia's ODA program." (Purpose, page 1) more