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Media Law Assistance: Establishing an Enabling Environment for Free and Independent Media to Flourish
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 23 pp.
"The working group considered how international media development programs—particularly those that are U.S.-supported—have succeeded or failed, discussed best practices, and made recommendations. Journalist Ann McFeatters served as the rapporteur for the meeting. The discussion focused on severa
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Development, Governance and the Media: The Role of the Media in Building African Society
London: Polis, London School of Economics and Political Science (2007), 70 pp.
"Any approach to media development must include systems-wide measures including development of an enabling regulatory framework and increased access to information. Future media development processes must be African-owned and African-led, ultimately empowering Africans at all levels of society. With
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Encouraging Effective Evaluation of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities: Towards DAC Guidance
Paris: OECD (2007), 102 pp.
"This report outlines an approach for developing guidance on evaluating conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities. It draws on a broad document review and interviews with key experts, and has been developed in consultation with the DAC Networks on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation
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Social software for social change
Office of Third Sector (2007), 19 pp.
What is Community Informatics? (And Why Does it Matter)
Milan: Polimetrica (2007), 105 pp.
"Community Informatics (CI) is the application of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to enable community processes and the achievement of community objectives. CI goes beyond the “Digital Divide” to making ICT access usable and useful to excluded populations and communities for l
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Ten Years On: The State of Community Radio in Nepal
Paris: UNESCO (2007), 46 pp.
"1. There has been remarkable growth in both private and non-for-profit radio in Nepal since 1997: 216 licenses had been issued as of July 2007 with 78 FM stations broadcasting; of 93 licenses issued to non-profit groups, 31 were operational as of May 2007.
2. To its detriment, the FM radio sector h
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Setting Standards for Communication and Governance: The Example of Infrastructure Projects
Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), 47 pp.
Engaging Development: Environment and Content of Radio Broadcasting in Nigeria
Lagos; Dakar: Institute for Media and Society (IMS); Panos West Africa (2007), vi, 72 pp.
"Given the prevailing environment, radio cannot better engage development, and this is in spite of the qualities of radio that endear it to development agencies and governments elsewhere. As Ojebode (forthcoming b) suggests, for radio to realise its potentials as a development medium in Nigeria, som
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Making Poverty the Story: Time to Involve the Media in Poverty Reduction
London: Panos London (2007), 64 pp.
"According to this report the media in low-income countries is too often left aside as a serious player in the fight against poverty. ‘It’s time that those active in poverty reduction realise the media is a public good and in a prime position to monitor whether poverty reduction is taking place.
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What the Papers Aren't Saying: How Can We Enhance Media Coverage of TB?
Lusaka: Panos Global AIDS Programme (2007), 15 pp.
"This paper is a briefing for health practitioners, TB programmers, policymakers, media professionals and people affected by TB. Based on an analysis of media coverage of TB, it argues that health professionals and TB specialists should be supported to engage more effectively with the media so that
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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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Why and When to Use the Media for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Den Haag: European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP); Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (2007), 30 pp.
"The media’s impact on the escalation of conflict is more widely recognized than the media’s impact on peacebuilding. Yet it is not uncommon to hear experts pronounce that the media’s impact on peacebuilding must be significant given its powerful impact on conflict. However, this simple relati
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University Journalism Education: A Global Challenge
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 35 pp.
"This report explores the current state of university-based journalism education and describes avenues for engaging those international media developers by highlighting three strategies: • Universities are important for entry-level journalism training. International media developers should conside
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"This publication is a short, easy-to-read introduction to the field of media assistance. Following the usual steps of the project cycle, it describes the principal elements to analyse needs in media assistance and to select specific intervention strategies. The document distinguishes six interventi
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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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