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Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
Paris: UNESCO (2009), xiii, 402 pp.
"There is a need to encourage cultural sensitivity in the production and consumption of communication and information contents, thereby facilitating access, empowerment and participation. To this end, action should be taken to: a. Support the production and distribution of innovative and diversified
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The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Romania
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2008), pp. 163-249
The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Colombia
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2008), 87 pp.
"The total value added of the copyright-based industries in Colombia reached Col$9.5 millions of millions in 2005 (approximately 4,800 million US dollars) from Col$5.7 millions of millions in 2000. As a percentage of GDP, the CBI represented an average of 3.3 per cent throughout the period. In real
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Information Economy Report 2007-2008: Science and Technology for Development
New York: United Nations (2008), 348 pp.
The Global Information Society: A Statistical View
Santiago de Chile: United Nations; Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (2008), 157 pp.
The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Ukraine
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2008), 103 pp.
"The study showed that, in 2005, the contribution of the copyright-based industries (CIs) to the gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine amounted to 2.85 per cent or 12,583.54 million UAH. At the same time the total contribution of the core CIs constituted 1.54 per cent or 6,815.61 million UAH. The
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Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (2008), 45 pp.
"What are the effects of television, and of role models portrayed in TV programs, on individual behavior? We focus on fertility choices in Brazil, a country where soap operas (novelas) portray families that are much smaller than in reality. We exploit differences in the timing of entry into differen
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Use of Information and Communication Technology by the World's Children and Youth: A Statistical Compilation
Geneva: ITU (2008), vii, 83 pp.
La generación interactiva en Iberoamérica: Niños y adolescentes ante las pantallas
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica; Ariel (2008), 337 pp.
Press Freedom and Development: An Analysis of Correlations Between Freedom of the Press and the Different Dimensions of Development, Poverty, Governance and Peace
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2008), 131 pp.
"This study analyses statistical correlations between press freedom and human development, human security, stability, poverty reduction, and good governance, using indicator systems from Freedom House and Reporters without Borders, UNDP's Human Development Index, the Human Poverty Index, the World B
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World Press Trends 2008
Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2008), 966 pp.
Digital Poverty: Concept and Measurement, with an Application to Peru
Kellogg Institute (2007), 26 pp.
"This paper discusses the notions of demand, poverty, information needs, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) to offer a concept of digital poverty, which may be useful to estimate the digital poverty level in Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper is composed of two sections. T
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Governance Matters VI: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators 1996-2006
Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), 94 pp.
"This latest set of aggregate indicators, are based on hundreds of specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring various dimensions of governance, taken from 33 data sources provided by 30 different organizations. The data reflect the views on governance of public sector, private sector
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Killing the Messenger: Report of the Global Inquiry by the International News Safety Institute Into the Protection of Journalists
Deep Insights
Brussels: International News Safety Institute (INSI) (2007), 72 pp.
"One thousand journalists and support staff have died trying to report the news around the world in the past 10 years: an average of two a week. Only one in four news media staff died covering war and other armed conflicts. The great majority died in peacetime, working in their own countries. At lea
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World Press Trends 2007
Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2007), 781 pp.
World Information Society Report 2007: Beyond WSIS
Geneva: ITU (2007), 207 pp.
"The second edition of the World Information Society Report, published by ITU and UNCTAD, looks beyond the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS, Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005) to the creation of an inclusive, people-centred and development-oriented Information Society, open to all. The report tr
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Information Economy Report 2006: The Development Perspective
New York; Geneva: United Nations (2006), 314 pp.
