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The 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council Election: Evaluating the Media
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2007), 29 pp.
"The Palestinian media, taken as a whole, generally offered voters a variety of views concerning the campaign. Respect of legal provisions for free airtime on the public TV and radio, as well as televised debates and talk shows, permitted parties and candidates to convey messages to the electorate.
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The MDGs as a Communication Tool for Development
Deep Insights
Oslo: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre (2007), 51 pp.
"This paper intends to look at the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a communication tool instead of an object of communication. The MDGs possess the potential to make development more understandable to people at the centre of development policies: the poor, vulnerable and socially excluded. Th
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Social software for social change
Office of Third Sector (2007), 19 pp.
Media Assistance: Challenges and Opportunities for the Professional Development of Journalists. Working Group Report
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 19 pp.
"This report represents input from twenty-three practitioners who have observed, planned, and implemented media education programs of the U.S. and other Western governments, as well as those of private funders. The group discussed broad lessons learned and specific recommendations for policymakers,
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The Case for Communication in Sustainable Development
London: Panos London (2007), 60 pp.
"Communication is a prerequisite for better, more transparent and accountable governance, and for wealth creation and economic growth. It underpins all the MDGs and is arguably as central a need of human beings as food, shelter, health and security. Governments and development actors need to recogni
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Communicating the Impact of Communication for Development: Recent Trends in Empirical Research
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), 51 pp.
"This paper is a peer review of journals addressing the issue of the impact of development communication in a number of development projects and programs. It provides an overview of this discipline and then discusses the evidence about the impact of development communication according to a typology
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Toward Economic Sustainability of the Media in Developing Countries
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 27 pp.
"• Public Service and Consumer-centric Media: Simple economic sustainability does not automatically guarantee good journalism. The media have a public service mission: producing high-quality, consumer-centric journalism.
• Situation-specific Programs: Media sustainability is not always attainab
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Improving Health Through Effective Ommunication
London; Reading, UK: Healthlink Worldwide; Gamos (2007), 31 pp.
"This paper outlines and provides evidence for the effects of five key approaches to health information and communication in relation to the health-related MDGs; according to the different stakeholders involved, i.e. Health policy makers, health researchers, health care providers, patients and citiz
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Comunicación sostenible y desarrollo humano en la sociedad de la información
Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) (2006), 228 pp.
"La relación entre comunicación y cultura es un binomio indisoluble, buscar una fórmula equitativa en el perfeccionamiento del mismo, asumir que la participación constituye una de las dimensiones principales de la sociedad de la información; o que la planificación de objetivos en los países e
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Voices of Change: Strategic Radio Support for Achieving the Millenium Development Goals
Key Guides
London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2006), 28 pp.
"Highlights the relevance of radio in poor communities, its broad applicability to a range of sectoral activities such as health, rights, education, livelihoods, and conflict prevention, and identifies the need to deepen the capacity of radio broadcasters at all levels to conduct effective monitorin
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Going the Last Mile: What's Stopping a Wireless Revolution
London: Panos London (2006), 6 pp.
"Wireless technologies can play an important role in social and economic development by making the exchange of information faster, cheaper and more widely accessible. The massive growth in the use of mobile phones, for instance, has revolutionised business communications in many countries. But some
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African Media Development Initiative: Somalia. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 86 pp.
"The lack of a consolidated government since the fall of Siyad Barre’s regime in 1991 has led to a proliferation in the number and variety of media sources in Somalia. However, inter-factional violence and conflict has since torn the country apart, creating a difficult environment for media practi
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African Media Development Initiative: Kenya. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 75 pp.
"The liberalisation of airwaves and emerging democratic ideals have been important variables influencing increment in FM stations, new media products, a free press and freedom of expression. Occasional problems between the government and media players arise. The recognition by government of the incr
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African Media Development Initiative: Cameroon. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 71 pp.
"The media sector has changed in recent years, mostly for the better, through the following media development processes: the 1990 Decree on the liberalisation of the broadcast sector to allow private entrants; significant increase in private radio and television, although licensing is still problema
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African Media Development Initiative: Ghana. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 66 pp.
"The media sector in Ghana has witnessed some dramatic, positive changes over the past few years, made possible by the promulgation of the 1992 democratic Constitution and the election in 2000 of President Kufuor’s government. All interviewees agreed that democratisation and the repeal of the Crim
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African Media Development Initiative: Senegal. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.
"The changes are mostly of a quantitative nature: proliferation of newspaper publications, an increase in the number of frequencies attributed to radio stations (commercial and community stations). Greater superficiality in the editorial lines of most newspaper publications has also been noted. The
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African Media Development Initiative: Botswana. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 74 pp.
"There have been significant changes in the Botswanan media in the past five years. Some of the changes noted include the recent proliferation of newspapers and the partial freeing of the airwaves by the Botswanan government, which has led to the setting up of two new commercial radio stations. Ther
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