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Textbook Development in Low Income Countries: A Guide for Policy and Practice
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), 199 pp.
Right to Information: Case Studies on Implementation
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), xiv, 624 pp.
Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa: Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), xxi, 192 pp.
"[This publication] re-emphasizes the important contribution that broadband Internet can make and assesses the status of existing infrastructure in at least 18 MENA countries. While there is significant potential across the region, the take-up of broadband Internet has been slow and the price of bro
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Closing the Feedback Loop: Can Technology Bridge the Accountability Gap?
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), xxiv, 303 pp.
Mass Media and Public Policy: Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies
Washington, DC: World Bank (2013), 35 pp.
"Mass media play a crucial role in information distribution and in the political market and public policy making. Theory predicts that information provided by the mass media reflects the media’s incentives to provide news to different groups in society and affects these groups’ influence in poli
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012
Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.
"This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability, and applications." (Abstract)
A Guide to Assessing Needs: Essential Tools for Collecting Information, Making Decisions, and Achieving Development Results
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xvi, 299 pp.
"A Guide to Assessing Needs offers a much broader perspective than many texts on project management or evaluation. It presents needs assessment within a results framework that applies to international development projects equally as well as to a variety of other contexts. An exceptionally wide range
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Communication for Water Sector Reform: Obstacles and Opportunities
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), vi, 16 pp.
"This Learning Note is published by the Operational Communications Division in the World Bank’s External Affairs Vice Presidency. It aims to help task managers communicate with service providers as they prepare for an urban water supply reform project. The focus is on how strategic public communic
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The Transformational Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), 164 pp.
Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xviii, 221 pp.
"Analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile telephony, including the rise of data-based services delivered to handheld devices through “apps” (applications) and other ways. Summarizing current thinking and seeking to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones to improve livelihoods, the repo
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Broadband Strategies Handbook
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xxvii, 373 pp.
"The Broadband Strategies Handbook is a guide for policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders as they address issues related to broadband development. It aims to help readers, particularly those in developing countries, by identifying issues and challenges in broadband development, ana
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Libertad de información: ¿Tres palabras inofensivas? Leyes de acceso a la información y rol de la prensa
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), 58 pp.
"El documento identifica las diferentes maneras a través de las cuales los actores del campo periodístico—ya sean periodistas, editores o propietarios de medios de comunicación—se han comprometido en la promoción, implementación y monitoreo de la legislación de acceso a la información pú
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The Right to Information and Privacy: Balancing Rights and Managing Conflicts
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), viii, 44 pp.
"The right to privacy and the right to information are both essential human rights in the modern information society. For the most part, these two rights complement each other in holding governments accountable to individuals. But there is a potential conflict between these rights when there is a de
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Knowledge Map of the Virtual Economy: Converting the Virtual Economy into Developmental Potential
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xii, 58 pp.
Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xxv, 507 pp.
Well-Informed Journalists Make Well-Informed Citizens: Coverage of Governance Issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In: Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), pp. 151-158
Training Journalists for Accountability in Argentina
In: Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), pp. 139-149
