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Enjeux économiques et financiers du secteur du livre en Côte d'Ivoire: Rapport

Marie-Agathe Amoikon-Fauquembergue

Paris: Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (2003), 21 pp.

"Rapport commandé en 2003 par l'Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, aujourd'hui intégrée à l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Il examine la situation et les perspectives de la fourniture de livres éducatifs à la lumière de la récente libéralisation de cette partie ... more

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Empowering Indigenous Publishers Through Collective Action: The African Publishers Network (APNET)

Dafina Blacksher Diabate

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 ... more

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World Bank Support for Provision of Textbooks in Sub-Saharan Africa - 1985-2000
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Ian Montagnes

Sakhevar Diop (supervision)

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 ... more

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Educational Publishing in African Languages, with a Focus on Swahili in Kenya

Nathan Oyori Ogechi, Emily Bosire-Ogechi

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 ... more

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Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa

Tony Read, Carmelle Denning, Vincent Bontoux

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 ... don, and Danaé-Sciences, a Paris-based consultancy company specialising in editorial support, training and written communication. It draws on a series of major case studies carried out in Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda, together with mini case studies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo, undertaken by book practitioners in these countries, most from the private sector. All of the case studies cover some common elements, including, for example, information on the national education system (including basic education statistics), and a discussion of the main players and mechanisms in the book distribution chain; they also review regional trade in books, and most case studies comment upon the impact of funding, agency investment, and government policies affecting national book development. In addition to the case studies, a useful feature is the inclusion of a fold-out chart “Critical issues on upgrading book distribution in Africa – A decision tree for policy-makers”, which shows the key options that policy makers need to consider in developing a national framework for textbook delivery. An extensive glossary of common terms and acronyms used in education, development and the book trade, completes the volume. The survey concludes “there is already a policy change underway among a number of governments and funding agencies in their approaches toward national textbook distribution. This change is more apparent in Anglophone than in Francophone countries and is by no means universal even in Anglophone countries. But the reaction against the inefficiencies, the lack of a service culture and the typically high cost operations of state centralist policies is now almost ten years old.” It also notes that times are changing, and that senior government officials in many countries now openly acknowledge and welcome the increasing involvement of the private sector in educational book provision activity." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1515) more

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Afrika in deutschen Medien und Schulbüchern

Anke Poenicke

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 ... more

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¿Libros para todos? Maestros y textos escolares en el Perú rural

Patricia Ames

Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP);Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social (CIES) (2001), 85 pp.

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Critical Issues in Communication: Looking Inward for Answers. Essays in Honour of K. E. Eapen

Srinivas R. Melkote, Sandhya Rao (eds.)

K. E. Eapen Honoured person)

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)

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Stratégies pour le dévelopment d’un secteur editorial en langues nationales dans les Pays du Sahel—Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, et Sénégal

Hassana Alidou-Ngame

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2000), 116 pp.

"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 ... more

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Textbooks and Learning Materials 1990-1999

Ian Montagnes

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 ... more

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Financing Textbooks and Teacher Training Materials

Adelino Jaime da Cruz, Theophilus Ayodele George, Firmin Zaddy Gnahore et al.

Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2000), viii, 120 pp.

"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 ... more

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Textbooks for Developing Economies: Why Projects Fail?

Pernille Askerud

Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (2000), 7 pp.

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Donor Support for Textbooks in Africa

Brigid O’Connor

In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends

Shobhana Sosale (ed.)

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 ... more

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Toward Literate Societies: Publishing in Local Languages

Ingrid Jung

In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends

Shobhana Sosale (ed.)

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 ... more

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An Introduction to Publishing Management
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Ian Montagnes

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 ... more

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Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
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Shobhana Sosale (ed.)

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”, ... more

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Des auteurs et des manuels: A propos une programme éducatif pour l’essor de l’édition scolaire en language nationales

Marie Châtry-Komarek

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 ... more

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A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
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Pernille Askerud

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 ... more

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Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
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Maureen Woodhall (ed.)

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 ... more

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The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa
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Walter Bgoya, Eero Syrjänen et al.

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), 147 pp.

"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 ... lishing industry, and (3) the critical success and failure factors related to book provision. Primary data was gathered through a series of questionnaires delivered to various organizations concerned with textbook provision, as well as follow-up through direct interviews with government officials and those representing the book professions in each country. Secondary data for the study was collected through published and unpublished sources. Individual chapters provide essential background information about textbook publishing and thereafter analyze current market structures and publishing systems, demand and supply, the size and ownership of the publishing industry, market research, and patterns in purchasing and funding of textbooks. A final chapter “Looking Ahead: Issues and Priorities” provides an overall picture of the major issues as they relate to textbook publishing, sets out a number of recommendations what the authors perceive to be priority targets for textbook provision, and suggests an outline for implementation strategies according to a division of responsibilities between governments and Ministries of Education on the one hand, and publishers on the other. A conclusion states that “the basic problem of publishing in Africa is financial: lack of assets, low level of equity capital and difficulties in meeting loan conditions. Lending institutions in Africa do not consider publishing bankable. And even if they did, present interest rates, which are as high as 44 per cent in some countries, would prohibit any publisher from making use of the facility.” An Appendix provides background facts on all the countries covered by the study, including educational indicators such as literacy rates, government expenditure on education, enrolment ratios, pupil/teacher ratio, and school age population projections." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1868) more

World Bank Support for Provision of Textbooks in Sub-Saharan Africa - 1985-2000 Top Insights

An Introduction to Publishing Management Key Guidance

Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends Top Insights

A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision Key Guidance

Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages Top Insights

The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa Top Insights

World Bank Support for Provision of Textbooks in Sub-Saharan Africa - 1985-2000
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An Introduction to Publishing Management
Key Guidance

Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
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A Guide to Sustainable Book Provision
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Cost-Effectiveness of Publishing Educational Materials in African Languages
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The Economics of Publishing Educational Materials in Africa
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