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Building Public Awareness of Development: Communicators, Educators and Evaluation

Annette Scheunpflug, Ida McDonnell

Paris: OECD Development Centre (2008), 38 pp.

"Donors and practitioners could make greater use of evaluations, and their findings, to increase the effectiveness and results of public communication, advocacy and education about global development. The first step is to understand the evaluation process and respect its rigours. The second is to ac ... more

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PMI Communication and Social Mobilization Guidelines

Washington, DC: President's Malaria Initiative (2008), 60 pp.

"Achieving and maintaining the goals of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and of national malaria programs depend on correct and consistent use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), acceptance of indoor residual spraying (IRS), and adherence to treatment and prevention therapies. Past malaria ... more

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The Role of Mass Media in Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED)

Véronique Stolz, Tobias Stolz, Gavin Anderson

Abuja: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2008), 21 pp.

"This paper has highlighted that the mass media can play an important, if not critical, role in both enhancing the flow of information and improving public-private dialogue in the local context. The paper therefore recommends explicitly incorporating media into the approaches of LRED. This means wor ... more

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Responsabilidad de la prensa con el desarrollo: Hay tanto por hacer! Monitoreo de medios peruanos

Rosa María Alfaro Moreno (ed.)

Lima: Veeduría Ciudadana de la Comunicación Social (2008), 50 pp.

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Media and Development in Asia: Regional Perspectives

Indrajit Banerjee, Madanmohan Rao (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 348 pp.

"This book brings together some of the most outstanding and novel papers on media and development presented at the AMIC Annual Conferences in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004. It features over a dozen contributions from around the region, providing a wealth of fresh case studies as well as breaking ne ... more

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Press Freedom and Development: An Analysis of Correlations Between Freedom of the Press and the Different Dimensions of Development, Poverty, Governance and Peace
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Marina Guseva, Mounira Nakaa, Ann-Sophie Novel, Kirsi Pekkala, Bachir Souberou, Sami Stouli

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 ... more

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The Uganda Tuberculosis Communication Strategy

Ministry of Health, Uganda (2008), viii, 21 pp.

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Antología de comunicación para el cambio social: Lecturas históricas y contemporáneas
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Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Thomas Tufte (comps.)

South Orange, New Jers.; La Paz: Consorcio de Comunicación para el Cambio Social (CFSC);Plural Editores (2008), 1413 pp.

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Performance and Politics in Tanzania: The Nation on Stage

Laura Edmondson

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2007), x, 175 pp.

"Laura Edmondson examines how politics, social values, and gender are expressed on stage. Now a disappearing tradition, Tanzanian popular theatre integrates comic sketches, acrobatics, melodrama, song, and dance to produce lively commentaries on what it means to be Tanzanian. These dynamic shows inv ... more

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Con el ruego de su difusión: La discapacidad, invisible ante la prensa peruana

Jaime Tipe Sánchez

Lima: Universidad de San Martín de Porres (2007), 140 pp.

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Digital Poverty: Concept and Measurement, with an Application to Peru

Roxana Barrantes Cáceres

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 ... more

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Globalization, Development and the Mass Media

Colin Sparks

London et al.: Sage (2007), 258 pp.

"This book gives a comprehensive and critical account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development communication through to the contemporary critiques of globalization. It looks at the ways in which the media can be used to effect change and development, ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2007: Focus on Participation

Karen Banks, Roberto Bissio, Willie Currie, Anriette Esterhuysen, Chat Garcia Ramilo (eds.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 215 pp.

"The experience of citizen involvement in public policy advocacy around the world has shown that the status quo tends to prevail unless political will to implement change is strengthened by active citizen participation. A “Global Information Society Watch” is needed to make governments and inter ... more

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Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA): A Toolkit for National Focal Points and NBSAP Coordinators

Frits Hesselink, Wendy Goldstein, Peter Paul van Kempen, Tommy Garnett, Jinie Dela

Montreal: World Conservation Union (IUCN), Commission on Education and Communication;Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2007), 308 pp.

"The toolkit is meant to serve both as a resource for the regional training workshops for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) coordinators as well as a resource base for them for national focal points (NFPs) when they are back in their work place and are dealing with Communicat ... more

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The MDGs as a Communication Tool for Development
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Paola Pagliani

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 ... more

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Online-Communities als soziale Systeme: Wikis, Weblogs und Social Software im E-Learning

Ullrich Dittler, Michael Kindt, Christine Schwarz (eds.)

Münster: Waxmann (2007), 223 pp.

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Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to Planning, Implementing, and Delivering Literacy Initiatives

Juliet McCaffery, Juliet Merrifield, Juliet Millican

Oxford: Oxfam (2007), xii, 289 pp.

"The first part sets out the four key concepts of literacy (as skills, tasks, social practices, and critical reflection), and describes associated approaches used throughout the world. The second half covers preparation and planning, offering practical guides for each key element of literacy-program ... more

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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report Based on 53 Country Surveys
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Glen Farrell, Shafika Isaaks

Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), xi, 58 pp.

"This project seeks to gather together in a single resource the most relevant and useful information on ICT in education activities in Africa. Key questions: How are ICTs currently being used in the education sector in Africa, and what are the strategies and policies related to this use? What are th ... more

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Mapping Declarations and Statements on Communication for Development

London: Panos London (2007), 50 pp.

Extracted and summarised texts from selected international declarations and statements on the role of media and communication in democratisation and development, from the The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) to the 10th UN Inter-agency round table on communication for development.

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Evaluating Heartlines 2006: A Platform for Change. A Summary Report of the Research

Health and Development Africa

Houghton: Heartlines (2007), 32 pp.

"HEARTLINES is an innovative programme developed by The Mass Media Project in South Africa. The intervention’s purpose is to address South Africa’s social issues, such as HIV and AIDS, crime, violence and the breakdown of family and social structures. HEARTLINES is unique in its approach in that ... more

Press Freedom and Development: An Analysis of Correlations Between Freedom of the Press and the Different Dimensions of Development, Poverty, Governance and Peace Top Insights

Antología de comunicación para el cambio social: Lecturas históricas y contemporáneas Top Insights

The MDGs as a Communication Tool for Development Top Insights

Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report Based on 53 Country Surveys Top Insights

Press Freedom and Development: An Analysis of Correlations Between Freedom of the Press and the Different Dimensions of Development, Poverty, Governance and Peace
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Antología de comunicación para el cambio social: Lecturas históricas y contemporáneas
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The MDGs as a Communication Tool for Development
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report Based on 53 Country Surveys
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