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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Journalists
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Television News
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Government & Government Performance: Media Representation & Reporting
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Public & State Radios
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"This book is a contribution to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical challenges that prevent many of those efforts from being successful ... more

Media and Good Governance

Department for International Development (DFID) (2008), 17 pp.
"This briefing builds on DFID’s commitments set out in our 2006 White Paper, Making Governance Work for the Poor. The main purpose is to provide an overview of the relationship between media and governance, and to highlight some of the principal opportunities and challenges to engaging with the se ... more
"This study analyses statistical correlations between press freedom and human development, human security, stability, poverty reduction, and good governance, using indicator systems from Freedom House and Reporters without Borders, UNDP's Human Development Index, the Human Poverty Index, the World B ... more

Governance Indicators: A Users' Guide

New York: UNDP, 2nd ed. (2007), 93 pp.
"Any approach to media development must include systems-wide measures including development of an enabling regulatory framework and increased access to information. Future media development processes must be African-owned and African-led, ultimately empowering Africans at all levels of society. With ... more

Evaluation Framework for Governance Programs: Measuring the Contribution of Communication

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2007), 16 pp.
This document presents a methodology for evaluating the contribution that communication interventions can make to accountable governance. CommGAP engages in complementary programme areas in an effort to amplify citizen voice; promote free, independent, and plural media systems; and help government i ... more
"Communication is a prerequisite for better, more transparent and accountable governance, and for wealth creation and economic growth. It underpins all the MDGs and is arguably as central a need of human beings as food, shelter, health and security. Governments and development actors need to recogni ... more
"The aim of this paper is to examine the role (both positive and negative) that communication plays in promoting good governance by analysing available evidence and highlighting specific case studies, evaluation reports and academic articles detailing the impact of communication on governance. The p ... more
"This latest set of aggregate indicators, are based on hundreds of specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring various dimensions of governance, taken from 33 data sources provided by 30 different organizations. The data reflect the views on governance of public sector, private sector ... more

Empowering Radio: Good Practices in Development and Operation of Community Radio

Amparo Cadavid; Martin Faye; Raghu Mainali; Carlos Rivadeneyra; Nkopane Maphiri (contrib.)
Washington, DC: World Bank Institute (WBIST), Program on Civic Engagement, Empowerment & Respect for Diversity (CEERD) (2007), 249 pp. [60 pp. + 5 annexes]
"This report is one of the first studies comparing systematically different aspects of community radio practice in developing countries. Based on five country surveys - Colombia, Mali, Nepal, Peru and South Africa - it provides descriptions and analyses of: participatory processes and volunteerism; ... more

World Congress on Communication for Development: Lessons, Challenges, and the Way Forward

Washington, DC: World Bank;Communication Initiative;FAO (2007), xxxviii, 307 pp.

Deepening Voice and Accountability to Fight Poverty: A Dialogue of Communication Implementers, March 30-31, 2006. A Summary Note

Paris: OECD;Department for International Development (DFID);World Bank (2006), 11 pp.
"About 80 representatives from government, civil society, think tanks and media organizations in developing countries, as well as representatives from multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, academic institutions, and international civil society organizations participated in a dialogue about deep ... more
"Une presse indépendante est essentielle pour un développement économique équitable : elle contribue à donner la parole aux personnes pauvres et privées de droit. Des médias autonomes participent également à l’édification de bases solides pour une société libre et transparente. Les aut ... more

Media and Good Governance

Paris: UNESCO (2005), 70 pp.

Medien und Gouvernanz: Orientierungshilfe

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

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