"The Media Map Project is investigating the relationships between media and development, and analyzing the impact of media development assistance in specific contexts. The project undertakes a three-pronged approach. Part 1, Quantifying Media is an extensive quantitative analysis of macro data, appl ... ying econometric and statistical approaches to examine the relationships between media and development. Part 2, Country Case Studies, explores the impact of donor-funded media development interventions on a micro level, in 8 countries. Part 3, Donor Decision-Making, investigates how media development donors assess the impact of their initiatives [...] This paper provides an overview of the quantitative data used in Part 1, Quantifying Media, and in Part 2, Country Case Studies. In our work in Part 1, we have gathered together and made accessible approximately 30 publicly available datasets on the media sector." (Page 4) more

"Press freedom indices such as those administered by Freedom House, IREX, and Reporters Without Borders have emerged as crucial tools, not only for the general public, but also for donors, implementers, and academics in their attempts to understand the relationships among media assistance, democrati ... zation, and other forms of development. Bringing together a variety of viewpoints and perspectives on evaluating media assistance, Measures of Press Freedom and Media Contributions to Development offers a critical reflection on the theories and tools of measurements that are used by the academic, donor, and civil society communities. A variety of theoretical and geographic perspectives are drawn upon, offering a timely debate from both academics and practitioners." (Publisher description) more