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Report on Evaluation of "Community Radio Listening Groups Project"

Khartoum: UNICEF; Nutro Health for Development (NHD) (2009), 298 pp.

"In 2002 the UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communication ( represented by Sudan Radio & TV Corporation –SRTC) launched a pilot project of Community Radio Listening Groups (CRLGs), designed to reach population in hard to reach areas in the country with messages and de ... more

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Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services
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Wageningen; The Hague; Amsterdam: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA); Royal Tropical Institute (KIT); International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2009), xi, 321 pp.

"This is a practical and well structured manual aiming to use self-evaluation for organisational learning. The book consists of four parts. "The evaluation context" introduces the role of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment as part of the project cycle logic. "The evaluation process" descri ... more

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Communication for Development: Demonstrating Impact and Positioning Institutionally. Report of the 11th United Nations Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development

Washington, DC: UNESCO (2009), 92 pp.

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Overview of Drylands Development Communication Initiatives in Africa

Anna K. Lindqvist, Terra Verba

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2009), 22 pp.

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Change at Hand: Web 2.0 for Development

Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Giacamo Rambaldi (eds.)

London; Wageningen: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2009), 136 pp.

"Web 2.0 for development (Web2forDev) is a way of employing web services to intentionally improve information-sharing and collaborative production of content for development. It is about how development actors can relate and connect to other stakeholders, produce and publish their own material, deci ... more

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Playing with Fire: Power, Participation, and Communication for Development

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 453-465

"Communication and its role in development and social change is still poorly understood and supported by large development players, despite decades of innovative practice and positive outcomes. Gaps between discourse and action, outdated evaluation methods, short timeframes, red tape, and power rela ... more

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Comunicación y construcción de ciudadanía: Aportes para el desarrollo

Laura Cárdenas Lorenzo

Madrid: Libros de la Catarata; Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación (IUDC-UCM) (2009), 157 pp.

"Esta obra parte de la idea de que sin comunicación no es posible el desarrollo, pues ésta compromete de manera participativa a todos los sectores que conforman nuestras sociedades. A pesar de la existencia de innumerables medios masivos, locales y globales, y de nuevas tecnologías de la informac ... more

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En medio de la memoria: Diez años de historia de la escuela de medios para el desarrollo

Eliana del Rosario Herrera Huérfano

Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto) (2009), 261 pp.

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Media, Development and Institutional Change

Christopher J. Coyne, Peter T. Leeson

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (2009), x, 173 pp.

"Media, Development, and Institutional Change investigates mass media's profound ability to affect institutional change and economic development. The authors use the tools of economics to illuminate the media's role in enabling and inhibiting political-economic reforms that promote development." (Pu ... more

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Development Communication Sourcebook: Broadening the Boundaries of Communication
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Paolo Mefalopulos

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xx, 244 pp.

"This book is essential reading for anybody interested in development communication. Mefalopulos, a World Bank development communication officer with wide-ranging experiences in the field, presents four modules. The first module concisely presents the concepts and applications of development communi ... more

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Development Through Dialogue: Report of a Research Initiative

Sarah Cummings

Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) (2008), 65 pp.

"This report covers a research study of Dgroups which took place during September 2006-July 2007. Dgroups is a number of things at the same time: (1) it is a web-based technical platform which supports and provides for the creation and use of discrete e-mail based discussion lists and web workspaces ... that are used to support knowledge networking by people and institutions working in development; (2) it is also the plural name for these online networks, individually known as a dgroup; and (3) it is also a partnership of development organizations who share a commitment to collaboration in development and who are developing a common vision of the need for such a platform and such online groups. The Dgroups platform currently supports 2,308 dgroups and 88,700 individual users (15 July, 2007), but there has not yet been an analysis of the development role of dgroups on a global scale. Many partners and members of the Dgroups Partnership continue to support the platform, not only because of the access to online knowledge networks with which it provides them, but also because of an intuitive understanding of the processes supported by dgroups. The study examines whether and how dgroups: • facilitate the spread of information and knowledge among the actors (individual and institutional) working in the thematic areas of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); • facilitate learning processes (individual, social, and organizational learning) in the diverse institutions working in areas related to the MDGs; and • facilitate the bridging of the multitude of ‘knowledge divides’ in development between the North and South, and South-South; between different sorts of institutions (multilateral, bilateral, NGOs, universities, ministries) and professional groups (practitioners, researchers and policymakers); and in terms of language [...] It has been concluded that dgroups facilitate information and knowledge sharing within the subject areas of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and that they also facilitate individual, social and organizational learning within these subject areas. Dgroups also play an important role in bridging the ‘knowledge divides’ between North and South, between different types of institutions, and between different professional groups, as well as crossing the digital divide. An ability to bridge South-South divides and to forge links between different language groups has not been demonstrated. In terms of development impact, Dgroups was found to represent a very cost-effective manner of hosting groups (an average of Euro 60.70 per dgroup per year) and most moderators felt that participation in dgroups was an ‘effective’ use of their time. Dgroups were also found to have had an organizational impact on the way many of the partner and member organizations work. It is argued that Dgroups provides a unique resource: there is nothing comparable within development that facilitates information and knowledge sharing on such a large scale. Finally, some recommendations are made for the future development of Dgroups." (Executive summary) more

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Plaidoyer pour l'appui des radios locales de service aux communautes en Afrique de l'Ouest: Guide a l'intention des ONG et des bailleurs de fonds
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Stéphane Boulc'h (ed.)

Bruxelles; Dakar: COTA; Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2008), 243 pp.

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Communication for Development Programmes in the United Nations System: Report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 50/130, Including the Recommendations of the Tenth United Nations Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development

New York: United Nations (2008), 22 pp.

"The present report has been prepared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and is being submitted to the General Assembly at the sixty-third session pursuant to Assembly resolution 50/130, as well as resolution 51/172 which, inter alia stressed the need to support ... more

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Radio and Development in Africa: A Concept Paper

Mary Myers

Wardour: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), 58 pp.

"Radio seems to have proven itself as a developmental tool, particularly with the rise of community and local radios, which have facilitated a far more participatory and horizontal type of communication than was possible with the older, centralised broadcasting model of the 1960s and 70s. There seem ... more

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Communication for Development and Social Change

Jan Servaes (ed.)

Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2008), 428 pp.

"This book includes 17 articles on the current state of communication for development from renowned communication practitioners and scholars. It covers five areas: an introduction to the relationship between development, participation and communication; the theoretical underpinnings of development c ... more

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Women in Action No.2/2008: People's Communications for Development (PC4D)

Tesa Casal de Vela, Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo (eds.)

Quezon City: Isis International (2008), 94 pp.

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A Good Place to Start: The IDS Knowledge Services Guide to Finding Development Information Online

Gabrielle Hurst, Cheryl Brown (eds.)

Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS), revised ed. (2008), 85 pp.

"Drawing on the collective expertise of staff at the IDS Knowledge Services, this guide will point you to some good places to start your search on over 30 development themes. You'll find a list of websites on each topic, selected by people who have spent countless hours searching the Internet for th ... more

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Regional Awareness and Communication Strategy for the SADC Water Sector

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (ed.)

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (2008), 54 pp.

"This Awareness and Communication Strategy fulfils the call for establishing sector specific (Water Sector) strategies and crafting, packaging and dissemination of messages and themes which should be based on but not limited to SADC’s priority intervention areas. It is basically expanding the SADC ... more

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Participatory Development Communication (PDC): Rhetoric or Reality? The Analysis of Community-Based Level Interventions in Latin America and Africa with Dialogue and Empowerment as Intended Outcomes

Soledad Muñiz

Reading, UK: University of Reading, Master Thesis (2008), 170 pp.

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Communication pour l’empowerment à Madagascar: Une évaluation des besoins en communication et média au niveau de la communauté

Xavier Leus

Oslo; South Orange, NJ: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre; Communication for Social Change Consortium (CFSC) (2008), 60 pp. + annexes

"Les conclusions démontrent clairement que la radio est le média le plus choisi et à plus grand potentiel à Madagascar: 71 pour cent des gens interviewés comptent sur l'information par la radio (11% ont mentionné la télévision, 10% ont indiqué la place du marché et 8% ont mentionné la pre ... sse écrite). En outre l'émission d'informations à la radio s’avère être crédible et souvent loin d’être disséminée dans la communauté et dans les réunions d'église pour assurer que ceux qui n’ont pas d’accès à la radio sont aussi informés. L’importance de la radio augmente lorsque nous observons les données rapportant que seulement 49% des gens interviewés affirment avoir accès à la radio “à tout moment.” L’insuffisance des moyens pour acheter des piles ou payer l’électricité fut un problème commun; 35% des interviewés ont affirmé qu'ils peuvent ”parfois se permettre d'écouter la radio.” Approximativement 90% des municipalités reçoivent des émissions de la radio nationale et plus de 50% sont susceptibles de recevoir la télévision nationale, alors que seulement 7% puissent bénéficier des publications écrites. Le faible taux de possession de postes radios, le faible taux de possession de postes téléviseurs, et les taux élevé d'analphabétisme combinés avec le coût élevé du transport de la presse écrite signifient que le nombre de gens recevant réellement la radio, la télévision et les publications écrites est bien en dessous des taux de possession. L'étude a révélé une préférence d’écoute aux émissions d‘environ 50/50 entre la radio nationale et les stations FM locales. Madagascar a très peu de stations, voire aucune, pouvant être caractérisées comme radios communautaires; appartenant et gérées par des volontaires ou un personnel provenant de la communauté. Plusieurs des entrevues ont souligné l'importance de l'information locale, et la nécessité d'être capable de faire passer des annonces à la radio – un moyen d'interaction, parmi quelques uns existants, avec les stations radios pour les membres de la communauté. La plupart des stations radios locales n'offrent pas d’horaires pour des appels téléphoniques programmés sur les ondes par lequel le public peut exprimer ses opinions ou discuter des problèmes qui leur sont importants. Nous n’avons appris aucune interaction ni de participation dans la production d’émission dans cette étude. La moitié des interviewés soulignent un intérêt dans la participation aux émissions radio par divers moyens si cela serait possible un jour." (Conclusions globales des études de l'évaluation des besoins, pages 8-9) more

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Development Communication Sourcebook: Broadening the Boundaries of Communication
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Plaidoyer pour l'appui des radios locales de service aux communautes en Afrique de l'Ouest: Guide a l'intention des ONG et des bailleurs de fonds
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