"The book presents ideas and techniques which can be used to communicate, educate and train for Third World development. The material was developed from training workshops for trainers. The main purpose of the book is to make ways of communication more effective. This involves using design and illus
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tration materials and media that can be printed, reproduced or broadcast. It stresses low cost approaches." (CAMECO Media Forum)
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"A handbook prepared jointly by the Curriculum Development Unit and the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association to encourage the development of high quality and relevant textbooks. Asserts that the essence of a good evaluation is to support and promote authorship and publication of much-needed material
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s. Contains guidelines on how to evaluate a manuscript, together with an overview of the publishing process, sections on artwork, editing, copy-editing, and notes on the issue of copyright." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2490)
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"The book covers three main themes: 1. the relationship of interdependence between culture, education and communication; 2. the need for participatory processes in sustainable development, and 3. the crucial importance of culturally appropriate communication systems and approaches to education and t
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raining. These themes are discussed from a general, rather theoretical perspective in the first two chapters. The rest of the book has these themes recurring in discussions of specific development strategies, perception studies, and the various media used for development." (https://www.ircwash.org/resources)
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"Report on a seminar jointly produced by SIDA and the Educational Materials Unit of the Ministry of Education, Zambia. Provides an overview of primary school textbook provision in Africa, containing some country profiles, descriptions of policies, recommendations and future plans." (Hans M. Zell, Pu
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blishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1873)
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"This book provided the best synthesis of social marketing and social mobilization theory and practice in international development, as it stood in the 1990s. At the time it was written, no other source provided such a comprehensive review backed-up by extremely useful bibliographies as well as proj
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ect data from major development sectors - health, population, nutrition, AIDS prevention, etc. It is of broad interest to various categories of readers: aid agency officials, frontline communication/development planners and particularly academics seeking a "real-world" summary of experiences in specialized seminars and training programs." (https://www.goodreads.com)
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"In revisiting the field of communication planning for development, Alan Hancock takes an entirely fresh look at the territory first explored in his monograph Communication Planning for Development a decade ago, and evaluates what has been achieved since, in particular the practical outcomes of the
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planning framework that he proposed at that time. Working through a series of case-studies (which include the production of UNESCO's World Communication Report, the evolution of the International Programme for the Development of Communication, planning for radio and television development in Zambia, the growth of the COMNET international documentation network, and finally the changing perspectives of communication within UNESCO itself), the author analyses the potential and record of communication planning in building up institutions, networks and communication systems, and explores the extent to which a planned approach can help in the development of ideas and concepts. He is well placed to undertake such a voyage of rediscovery, as he has been an observer of many of the cases explored in this book, and often a participant." (Back cover)
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"The proceedings of a British Council hosted conference held in Manchester in October 1991, which was the first international conference to examine all the issues raised by the African book sector studies commissioned by the World Bank and the UK’s Overseas Development Administration (ODA). A comp
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rehensive book sector study, it is argued, provides a multifaceted analysis and research which is needed to guide policy makers, book project designers, investors, and both national and donor agencies. Includes discussions of policy issues connected with the book sector studies, covering publishing, printing, distribution, raw materials, regional co-operation and library development, and which were drawn from nine African book sector studies." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1869)
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"The primary objective of this book is to present a wide range of community radio projects, not so that the “ideal” model can be identified, but in the hope that the book will serve as a useful tool for community broadcasters and potential community broadcasters looking to create or adapt models
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of community radio that are suited to the specific conditions they face. This objective of facilitating an international exchange of experiences and ideas has been AMARC’s primary motivator since the first World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters took place in 1983. The use of radio as a tool for cultural and political change, while a growing phenomena, is not new. Indeed, the first participatory community radio stations surfaced almost simultaneously in Colombia and the United States over forty years ago. Since that time, innumerable participatory radio projects have attempted to promote community-led change in a variety of ways. Some of these projects have attempted to foster this change by providing formal education in areas such as literacy and mathematics, or by promoting agricultural techniques suited to a particular vision of development defined by the central government. This type of project has been common in the Third World, especially in Africa and Asia. Sri Lanka’s Mahaweli Community Radio (chapter 13) is one example of such a project. Other projects have been more political and have attempted to support the organisational and cultural initiatives of marginalised communities. These are the projects that tend to involve listeners in a participatory process. Haiti’s Radio Soleil (chapter 9) and Zoom Black Magic Liberation Radio in the United States (chapter 10) are two examples. Following the tradition of participatory communication, most of the chapters in this book are not written by impartial observers but by people with first-hand knowledge of community radio and with direct experience in the projects they write about." (Introduction)
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