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Satellite Television and Social Change in the Arab World

David M. Adams

Chippenham: Swedish Mission Council;SAT-7 Norden (2004), 39 pp.

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Supporting the Media in Liberia: A Review of the Media Landscape for the Post-Conflict Transition Period

Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa (2004), 76 pp. + annexes

"This report outlines the findings and conclusions derived from the assessment mission undertaken by the ‘Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa’ to Liberia in December 2003. This mission brought together the expertise of a number of the national, regional and international ... more

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Projects Do Not Create Institutions: The Record of Democracy Assistance to Post-Conflict Societies

Jeroen de Zeeuw

Democratization, volume 12, issue 4 (2004), pp. 481-504

"Highlights the major accomplishments and setbacks of electoral, human rights and media assistance to eight post-conflict countries: Cambodia, Ethipoia, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, El Salvador and Guatemala. International assistance has been instrumental in encouraging democratic initi ... more

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Information and Communication Technology for Development: USAID's Worldwide Program

Washington, DC: USAID (2004), 54 pp.

"There are five elements of USAID’s strategic approach to ICT for development: Policy Reform: Getting telecommunications policy right is the foundation for growth in the sector and for the affordable spread of ICT applications. Access: Connecting with those at the end of the “last mile,” econo ... more

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Options for Media Development in Iraq

London: Index on Censorship (2004), 27 pp.

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Medien und Gouvernanz: Orientierungshilfe

Bern: Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA), Eidgenössisches Department für auswärtige Angelegenheiten (EDA) (2004), 22 pp.

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Media and Governance: A Guide

Bern; Zürich; Lausanne: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC);Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) (2004), 22 pp.

"SDC regards this brochure as a document for discussion and orientation on the place of the media in international development cooperation. It is seeking to establish a framework in order to stimulate activities within this domain … The existence of a pluralist and autonomous press (written, audio ... more

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Ethics and the Internet in West Africa: Toward an Ethical Model of Integration

Patrick J. Brunet, Oumarou Tiemtoré, Marie-Claude Vettraino-Soulard

Ottawa; Asmara (ER): International Development Research Centre (IDRC);Africa World Press (2004), 148 pp.

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The Media Situation in the Middle East: Media Support in the Context of the Danish "Wider Middle East Initiative". General Report

Pernille Brix Jorgensen

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2004), 62 pp.

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Afrika auf dem Weg zur Medienfreiheit

Peter Schellschmidt

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2004), 12 pp.

"Die Neuorientierung des FES-Medienprojekts für das südliche Afrika hat also zu einer eindeutigen Konzentration auf diese drei Hauptarbeitsbereiche (politische Rahmenbedingungen, alternative Medien und Gender) geführt. Daraus folgt, dass die Stiftung konsequent auf einen Arbeitsbereich verzichtet ... more

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The Media Missionaries: American Support for Journalism Exellence and Press Freedom Around the Globe

Ellen Hume

Miami: Knight Foundation (2004), 136 pp.

"When the Communist barricades collapsed in 1989, hundreds of Americans rushed to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics to spread the gospel of democracy. Among them were some of America’s most altruistic journalists, who hoped to midwife a newly independent press. Since then, the U.S. go ... more

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Prime Time Crime: Balkan Media in War and Peace

Kemal Kurspahic

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press (2003), xxiii, 261 pp.

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Entwicklung braucht Kommunikation: Die Weltkonferenz der UNO zur Informationsgesellschaft

Chantal Peyer, Urs A. Jaeggi

Bern: Brot für alle (2003), 64 pp.

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L'information est un bien public: Enjeux du Sommet Mondial sur la Société de l'Information

Chantal Peyer, Urs Jaeggi

Lausanne: Pain pour le prochain (2003), 55 pp.

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Environmental Communications Assessment: A Framework of Analysis for the Environmental Governance

Emanuele Santi, Lucia Grenna

Washington, DC: World Bank (2003), 19 pp.

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Appropriating the Internet for Social Change: Towards the Strategic Use of Networked Technologies by Transnational Civil Society Organizations

Mark Surman, Katherine Reilly

New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (2003), 99 pp.

"This report was prepared for the Social Science Research Council's (SSRC) Information Technology and International Cooperation (ITIC) program. The ITIC program exists to explore the relationship between information technology and civil society. Its goal is to build knowledge about the use and gover ... more

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Livelihoods Approaches to Information and Communication in Support of Rural Poverty Elimination and Food Security

Robert Chapman, Tom Slaymaker, John Young

Overseas Development Institute (ODI);Department of International Development (DFID);FAO (2003), viii, 62 pp.

"It is widely acknowledged that a livelihoods approach provides a useful, logically consistent framework for thinking through the complex issues influencing the lives of the poor. In particular it draws attention to ways in which policies, institutions and decision-making processes influence resourc ... e access and ownership, and determine strategic livelihood options available to poor households. Information and communication systems are crucial in this regard, both in generating information required by the rural poor to make decisions on livelihood strategies, and in generating information required by institutions responsible for making decisions about policies and processes that affect those strategies. In each case, it is only through improved information that individuals and institutions can make informed choices about the opportunities and constraints associated with agriculture-based strategies. However, improved information alone is not sufficient for improved decision-making. Decision-making is a political process and promoting multi-stakeholder participation in decision-making processes is a key concern. Furthermore, different stakeholder groups each have specific information needs and delivery preferences. Highly differentiated information needs assessment is essential in order to effectively support decision-making at different levels. It is evident that effective promotion of poverty reduction and food security requires changes in institutions and attitudes, knowledge and information levels, processes and skills. Improved understanding of the capacity of decision-makers at different levels to make use of the information provided is key for the identification of appropriate systems and institutions for the delivery of relevant information. Enhancing the quality and quantity of information also relies on attention to the flow of information, such as the means of communication, format and content. Information can potentially have a catalytic role but much depends on its reliability and relevance to the needs of particular user groups. There is a necessary trade-off between the level of technical detail involved in information collection and analysis, and the practical usefulness of that information. Standardisation of techniques of information collection, storage and presentation is important, both to improve efficiency in information handling within agencies and also to ensure that information can be used externally by other agencies, thereby facilitating greater cross-sectoral communication and coordination. Equally important is developing effective means of prioritising information needs at different levels. Improved information can enable people to better defend their interests and articulate their needs; it increases their bargaining power and ability to influence decision-making processes which affect them. Transparency is equally important if information is to empower people to make better decisions. Improved communication systems can enable individuals to organise as groups and use information to hold institutions and authorities accountable." (Executive summary, page vi) more

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La situation de la communication pour le développement au Niger (Etat des lieux): Tome 1

Rome: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO);PNUD;UNICEF;Ministère de la Communication (Niger) (2003), 171 pp.

"[...] pour lutter contre les affres du sous-développement, les autorités ont entrepris de réorganiser le secteur de la communication et décidé de la mise en œuvre d’une Politique nationale de communication pour le développement. C’est ainsi que, de 2000 à 2002, le Gouvernement, en parte ... nariat avec la FAO, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’Enfance (UNICEF) et le Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD), a fait établir un état des lieux de la communication au Niger. A cet effet, 10 études sectorielles et thématiques ont été effectuées. Des ateliers tenus dans chacune des huit régions du pays ont per mis de recueillir la perception par les communautés de base de la problématique de la communication pour le développement. En janvier 2002, à l’issue d’un atelier national qui a regroupé plus de 200 participants, le Niger a jeté les bases d’une véritable Politique nationale de communication pour le développement (PNCD). Cette politique nationale de communication pour le développement vise à instituer un système d’implication rationnelle et pérenne de tous les moyens de communication et de tous les acteurs au processus de développement économique et social. La PNCD prend en compte les aspirations des populations à la base, les atouts et faiblesses dans la mise en œuvre des stratégies et du plan d’action aux niveaux régional et national [...] La PNCD, qui prône une approche participative, contribuera à un plus large accès des populations au débat démocratique, au renforcement du dialogue social en vue de la réalisation des pro grammes prioritaires de développement du Niger (lutte contre la pandémie du Sida, lutte contre le paludisme et la poliomyélite, promotion de la bonne gouvernance). La PNCD accordera la plus grande priorité au développement rural en appuyant les actions visant à améliorer les secteurs sociaux (santé – éducation – alphabétisation), la préservation de l’environnement, le désenclavement des zones à fortes potentia lités, l’accès des femmes et des jeunes aux moyens de produc tion ainsi qu’à la promotion d’une communication institution nelle pour appuyer le secteur. Enfin, la PNCD se veut un document de référence unique pour les partenaires au développement du Niger (pays amis, organi sations non gouvernementales, institutions, associations et groupements des producteurs) dans le cadre de leurs interven tions dans le domaine spécifique de la communication pour le développement." (Préface, page ix-x) more

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The Difficult Birth of the Fourth Estate: Media Development and Democracy Assistance in the Post-Conflict Balkans

Izabella Karlowicz

In: Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East-Central Europe

Miklós Sükösd; Péter Bajomi-Lázár (eds.)

Budapest: Central European University Press;Open Society Institute (2003), pp. 115-135

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Media Assistance: Best Practices and Priorities. Report on a USAID Workshop

Ellen Hume

Washington, DC: USAID, Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination (2003), 17 pp.

"Determining that the time had come to derive lessons from past efforts, think afresh about media assistance, and perhaps add some new models - including approaches for Africa and Asia, where the cultural preconditions and economic prospects are quite different from those of Europe - USAID’s Burea ... more