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Approvisionnement en livres scolaires: Vers plus the tranparence Afrique francophone
Paris: Institut International de Planification de l’Education; UNESCO (2003), 99 pp.
"Au cours de la dernière décennie, les dépenses consacrées à la fourniture de manuels et d'équipements pédagogiques pour l'éducation de base, dans l'ensemble de l'Afrique francophone, se sont élevées à plus de 500 milliards de francs CFA. Pourtant, même un investissement aussi massif n'a
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Empowering Indigenous Publishers Through Collective Action: The African Publishers Network (APNET)
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Master Thesis (2003), 154 pp.
"This thesis examines the mission, strategies and activities of the African Publishers Network in its quest to empower indigenous publishers. The author probes the nature of publishing development in African countries, utilizing selected cases of anglophone countries as illustrations. Her analysis o
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Educational Publishing in African Languages, with a Focus on Swahili in Kenya
Nordic Journal of African Studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2002), pp. 167-184
"This paper argues the case for more educational publications in Swahili as a good medium educational and national development. It acknowledges that education is not only a capital investment in the development of human resources but it also immensely contributes to the development of a nation. Howe
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World Bank Support for Provision of Textbooks in Sub-Saharan Africa - 1985-2000
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank, Human Development Sector, Africa Regions (2002), 103 pp.
"To help countries establish systems that can ensure reliable provision of textbooks has been an important element of the World Bank's support for education development in Africa over the last two decades. Other development agencies, and African governments, have made similar investments. However, d
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Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2001), xx, 252 pp.
"This study is currently the most comprehensive survey of textbook distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. If offers a detailed survey and analysis of the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa today. The study was organized and co-ordinated by International Book Development Ltd. in Lon
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Critical Issues in Communication: Looking Inward for Answers. Essays in Honour of K. E. Eapen
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2001), 491 pp.
"This book looks at the political economy of communication and information, media in development and social change, media theory and practice, international communication technology and communication values and ethics." (Publisher description)
Afrika in deutschen Medien und Schulbüchern
Sankt Augustin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2001), 59 pp.
"Im Auftrag der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung fasst der Bericht den Forschungsstand zur Afrika-Darstellung in deutschen (Massen-)Medien und Schulbüchern zusammen. Es geht um die Betrachtung möglichst zeitnaher Darstellungsstrukturen, also vor allem um die neunziger Jahre. "Afrika" wird hier ohne Mittel
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"Une synthèse des politiques de plusieurs pays africains francophones en matière de développement et d'utilisation des langues africaines en tant que stratégie essentielle pour l'amélioration et l'expansion des programmes d'éducation, et la fourniture de matériel didactique pertinent." (Hans
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"Through four case studies, this book examines some of the key issues in funding provision of textbooks and training materials in Africa. The case studies, contributed by experts in textbook production and distribution, offer individual country perspectives from The Gambia, Lesotho, Mozambique and C
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Textbooks and Learning Materials 1990-1999
Paris: UNESCO (2000), 72 pp.
"This survey is one of a series prepared for the UNESCO Education for All (EFA) Assessment, under the auspices of the UNESCO Division of Basic Education and the United Kingdom Department of International Development for the International Consultative Forum on Education for All. The EFA objectives ar
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Textbooks for Developing Economies: Why Projects Fail?
Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (2000), 7 pp.
Toward Literate Societies: Publishing in Local Languages
In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 24-33
"An analysis of publishing in African languages in four countries of francophone Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal), where the Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (German Foundation for International Development, now part of GIZ), in cooperation with other agencies, has be
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Donor Support for Textbooks in Africa
In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 115-122
"Analyzes the impact of donor support for book purchases on both the education systems and the domestic publishing industry. The author (formerly with the British Council in Lagos) identifies a number of positive impacts of textbook donation programmes, and suggests ways of improving the delivery of
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Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank (1998), ix, 229 pp.
"This is something of a benchmark volume on the subject of publishing and book development in Africa (and in some other developing countries). It contains the proceedings, and reflects the thinking and the deliberations that emerged from a seminar on“Understanding the Educational Book Industry”,
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An Introduction to Publishing Management
Key Guides
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1998), xi, 123 pp.
"This is an excellent, concise introduction to publishing management, published in a series that focuses on the issues involved in publishing and developing educational materials in Africa. However, the book is equally valuable to the book professions elsewhere in the developing world, and while muc
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Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
Deep Insights
London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), x, 131 pp.
"The five case studies on the cost-effectiveness of publishing educational materials in national and local African languages, published in this volume, were commissioned in 1996 on behalf of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) by its Working Group on Books and Learning
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"Drawing on research data from 18 African countries, this important study examines the relationship between government policy and decision makers and the educational book industries, concentrating on three main areas concerning textbook publishing in Africa: (1) the business environment, (2) the pub
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A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO (1997), 116 pp.
"While many other publication address the problems of developing local private publishing from a commercial and professional point of view, this guide is specifically designed for the purpose of creating a sustainable and affordable system for the provision of good quality learning materials for sch
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Des auteurs et des manuels: A propos une programme éducatif pour l’essor de l’édition scolaire en language nationales
D+C: Développement et Coopération, issue 1 (1997), pp. 18-22
"Le rapport souligne la nécessité de développer des industries nationales de manuels scolaires prospères et de publier du matériel dans les langues africaines, en utilisant des exemples de livres produits par l'Institut national de documentation, de recherche et d'animation pédagogique de Niam
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