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Impact Evaluation of Peace Through Development II (P-DEV II): Radio Programming in Chad and Niger

Steven E. Finkel, Reynaldo T. Rojo-Mendoza, Cassilde L. Schwartz, Chris A. Belasco, Anne Kreft

Washington, DC: USAID (2015), 48 pp.

"This document is a report on the radio component of Peace through Development II (P-DEV II), a multi-year development program funded by the United States Agency for International Development/West Africa (USAID/WA), whose main goal is to counter violent extremism in Chad, Niger, and Burkina Faso. P- ... DEV II has four strategic objectives: 1) empower youth; 2) increase moderate voices; 3) increase the capacity of civil society; and 4) strengthen local government [...] Part of P-DEV II efforts are concentrated on building the capacity of local radio stations to produce and broadcast content by providing them with equipment, technical assistance, and training of their staff. In Chad, training and equipment upgrades to partner radio stations led to the production and broadcasting of the series Dabalaye (The Meeting Place), a governance radio program, and Chabab Al Haye (Youth Alive), a program targeting youth. In Niger, local radio station capacity building led to the production and broadcasting of the series Sada Zumunci (Solidarity), a governance radio program, and Gwadaben Matasa (Youth Boulevard), a youth program. This report presents an assessment of P-DEV II radio programming in relation to its strategic objectives and stated goals by evaluating the impact of radio broadcasts among youth (ages 15-30) in selected radio-only zones (non-core) in Chad and Niger [...] P-DEV II radio programming had positive effects on interaction with people from other ethnicities in Chad, but no impact in Niger. The impact of radio listenership on interpersonal and institutional trust is mixed. In Chad, positive effects on trust in local government, central government and in religious leaders were found, but radio listenership had a negative effect on interpersonal trust. In Niger, listenership had positive effects on trust in local government and in religious leaders, but a negative effect on trust in the police. There are relatively strong positive effects of P-DEV II radio programming on the perception that other ethnic groups and youth participate in decision-making in Chad. In Niger, by contrast, negative effects were found on the perception that women and the respondent’s own ethnic group are involved in decision-making." (Executive summary, page 2-3) more

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What Was the Role of the Debate Programme Sema Kenya in the 2013 Kenyan Election?

Angela Githitho Muriithi, Georgina Page

London: BBC Media Action (2014), 62 pp.

"This paper seeks to identify the extent to which the national TV and radio programme Sema Kenya (Kenya Speaks), part of BBC Media Action’s governance work in Kenya, supported accountability, peace and inclusion at the time of the 2013 Kenya election. It shows the specific value placed on Sema Ken ... more

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Video letters, mediation and (proper) distance: A qualitative study of international development communication in practice

Florencia Enghel

Karlstad: Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Thesis (2014), 268 pp.

"This study focuses on the institutional practice of international development communication. Through a qualitative study of the Videoletters project, it examines a situated process of intervention in its complexity and analyzes how the specifics of mediation illuminate issues of proximity and dista ... more

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Typhoon Hayian Learning Review: A Review of 'Communicating with Communities' Initiatives and Coordination in the Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Caroline Austin, Nicki Bailey

CDAC Network (2014), 53 pp.

"The review acknowledges that a stronger commitment by humanitarian agencies to address communication and information needs was seen after Typhoon Haiyan than in previous disasters. However, efforts are still required to ensure the consistency and coordination of ‘communication with communities’ ... more

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Farmer Radio in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Snapshot Final Report of the African Rural Radio Program Analysis (ARRPA)

Farm Radio International (2014), 108 pp.

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A Media Campaign to Increase Awareness and Prevention of Human Trafficking in Asia: Background Strategies and Outcome Evaluation of the MTV EXIT Campaign

Prawit Thainiyom

Lincoln: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Third Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking (2014), 33 pp.

"In 2006, MTV and USAID launched, "MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking)," a multi-media, multi-platform awareness and prevention campaign against human trafficking that has reached over 20 million people in 21 countries in the Asia Pacific. This paper describes the campaign background, design ... more

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Independent Evaluation: Cambodian Communications Assistance Project

Annmaree O’Keeffe, Mandy Gyles

ABC International Development (2014), 48 pp.

"The Cambodian Communications Assistance Project (CCAP) is a sub-national governance project, working with four provincial departments of information (PDI) – Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampot and Siem Reap. It started in May 2012 and is due to be completed in December 2014. The project, with a budg ... more

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Final Evaluation Report for the Project: Countering & Preventing Radicalization in Indonesian Pesantren

Lanny Octavia, Esti Wahyuni

Search for Common Ground (2014), 75 pp.

"Overall, the evaluators found that the project’s approach was quite relevant in promoting religious freedom and preventing religious radicalization. The project targeted pesantrens affiliated to the traditional Islam Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), and at the same time, it empowered the mainstream moderate ... more

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Strengthening Access to Information Via Community Radio in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru: Evaluation Report

Luisa María Aguilar, Jaime Galarza

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF);Transtec (2014), 32 pp.

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Navigating Theory, Negotiating Difference and Beating the System: A Critical How-To of Media Assistance Evaluation

Jessica Noske-Turner

Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology, School of Journalism, Media and Communication, Creative Industries Faculty, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 333 pp.

"This thesis explores how the impacts of Australian media assistance on social change and governance can be most effectively evaluated and understood. It is based on a three-stage research design, using predominantly qualitative research methods. In doing so it contributes in-depth insights into the ... more

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Assessing Impact, Evaluating Adaptability: A Decade of Radio La Benevolencija in Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC

Lauren Kogen

Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS);Altai Consulting (2014), 38 pp.

"RLB’s interventions in Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC have achieved significant knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes. Among the most notable of these: With respect to gains in knowledge, members of RLB’s audience have gained better understandings of the cycle of violence and methods used by ... more

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Evaluating the Impacts of Media Assistance: Problems and Principles

Jessica Noske-Turner

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 21 pp.

"This paper suggests that the problem of impact evaluation of media assistance is understood to be more than a simple issue of methods, and outlines three underlying tensions and challenges that stifle implementation of effective practices in media assistance evaluation. First, there are serious con ... more

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Understanding the Role of mHealth and Other Media Interventions for Behavior Change to Enhance Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Evidence Review

Elizabeth S. Higgs, Allison B. Goldberg, Alain B. Labrique, Stephanie H. Cook, Carina Schmid, Charlotte F. Cole, Rafael Obregón

Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 164-189

"This article summarizes evidence for technological advances associated with population-level behavior changes necessary to advance child survival and healthy development in children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries. After a rigorous evidence selection process, the authors as ... more

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Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Mass Media Interventions for Child Survival in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Danielle A. Naugle, Robert C. Hornik

Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 190-215

"Through a systematic review of the literature, this article summarizes and evaluates evidence for the effectiveness of mass media interventions for child survival. To be included, studies had to describe a mass media intervention; address a child survival health topic; present quantitative data fro ... more

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Starting the Conversation: Information, Feedback and Accountability in Post-Typhoon Philippines

Christoph Hartmann, Amy Rhoades, Jerby Santo

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2014), 34 pp.

"The report reviews several communications tools developed and disseminated through collaboration with Tacloban’s Radyo Abante as part of IOM’s Tindog Kita (‘Rise Together’) communications campaign, which included a radio drama, interactive talk show and key message song. Of the communicatio ... more

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Advances in African and Arab Science Journalism: Capacity Building and New Newsroom Structures Through Digital Peer-To-Peer Support

Jan Lublinski, Inka Reichert, Augustin Denis, Jean-Marc Fleury, Olfa Labassi, Christoph Spurk

African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 4-22

"Journalists who regularly cover science, health, environment and technology in Africa and the Arab world face a number of difficulties: Lack of elementary resources for journalistic research, and newsroom environments that are not always supportive of specialised reporting. Also a need for capacity ... more

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How Do Political Debate Programmes Influence Political Participation? A Case Study from Nepal

Chris Larkin, Rhian Were

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 56 pp.

"This report focuses on the role of factual debate and discussion programming, defined for the purposes of this review as “dialogic formats”, on political participation, knowledge and efficacy [...] The review of the existing evidence base is followed by an in-depth look at the relationship betw ... more

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Village Voices for Development: A Study in the Use of Radio to Promote Human Rights and Enable Citizens to Act on Their Rights to Information and Freedom of Speech in Southern Madagascar

Yvonne Orengo, Nicola Harford

Tolagnaro (RM); London: Andry-Lalana-Tohana (ALT);Andrew Lees Trust (2013), 62 pp.

"The purpose of this report is to share the key findings of the VVD radio project in Southern Madagascar after six months of broadcasts in 2012, in particular to document the design and evolution of the pilot project; feedback the outcomes to participating stakeholders; inform the donor community ab ... more

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Evaluation of Media Cooperation Under the Danish Arab Partnership Programme (2005-12)

Rikke Ingrid Jensen, Alain Modot, Joachim Raffelberg, A. Sofie Jannusch, May Mahmoud Shalabieh

Copenhagen: DANIDA;Transtec (2013), 132 pp.

"According to the Danida website "The Danish Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP) is a long-term programme with the dual objectives of 1) supporting local reform processes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region) and 2) Establishing a basis for improved dialogue, understanding and cooperation ... more

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Performance Evaluation of the Serbia Media Assistance Program

Democracy International Inc.

USAID (2013), vi, 30 pp. + annexes

"This report is an evaluation of the $8.8 million, four-year (2008–2012) Serbia Media Assistance Program (SMAP) implemented by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The program sought to: (1) strength ... more