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An Assessment of HIV and AIDS Radio Campaign Messages in Zambia

Lusaka: Panos Southern Africa (2008), 43 pp.

"The objective of this study is to assess HIV and AIDS Radio campaign messages in southern Africa and the impact they have on their target audiences. The countries involved in the study are Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The intention is to document the assessment and share detailed ... more

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Using Training to Build Capacity for Development: An Evaluation of the World Bank's Project-Based and WBI Training

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xxiv, 118 pp.

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Soul Buddyz Tomorrow is Ours: Evaluation Report 2008

Dunkeld West: Soul City Institute (2008), 24 pp.

"Soul Buddyz, an initiative of the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication (IHDC), in partnership with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is a multi-media intervention targeting children aged 8 to 14 in South Africa. The intervention is focused on the promotion o ... more

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Performance Analyses of the Cooperation Between Swedish Radio and Radio Republic Indonesia 2000–2005

Madeleine Elmqvist, Lars Rylander, Lukas Luwarso

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2008), 30 pp.

"The main conclusion is that the cooperation project has been very relevant for Indonesia and for Swedish development cooperation with Indonesia. Despite being a small donor, the project is implemented in a strategic sector, both for Indonesia and with regard to Swedish development cooperation goals ... more

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An Evaluation of Alhurra Television Programming

Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Center on Public Diplomacy (2008), 74 pp.

"Based primarily on the content analysis, with secondary reinforcement from the discussion group proceedings, the research team sees the principal issues affecting Alhurra as being those related to the fundamentals of journalism, not the exigencies of politics. This is not an esoteric matter related ... to an idealized journalism, but rather goes directly to the issue of Alhurra's fulfillment of its legislative mandate and its responsibilities deriving from the Middle East Broadcast Network Journalistic Code of Ethics. Section 303 of the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (as amended) calls for, among other provisions, United States international broadcasting to “be conducted in accordance with the highest professional standards of broadcast journalism” and “to be designed so as to effectively reach a significant audience.” These broad requirements coincide with the more specific standards prescribed by the MBN code of ethics. Within this framework, the challenges facing Alhurra as it seeks to attain excellence in carrying out its mandate are those that must be addressed by all news organizations: Ensuring comprehensiveness of coverage; providing the breadth that the audience expects; • Imposing discipline in producing the news product to protect against personal and institutional biases that can infect a news product; • Offering diverse viewpoints about important issues from sources whose backgrounds and expertise contribute to a balanced news product; • Avoiding rumor and other unsubstantiated material; • Thoughtfully and thoroughly addressing the topics of greatest interest to the target audience, such as religion and local democratization efforts. Add to these Alhurra's additional duty to reflect and promote U.S. policies and it is clear that the task for this news organization is exceptionally difficult. For each of these duties, our diagnosis is that Alhurra is not performing at the level that it needs to reach to be successful. To fulfill Alhurra's mission requires being able to compete effectively in the Arab news marketplace. That will require expanded and more proficient coverage, and to reach this higher level will necessitate a significant budget expansion to enable broader reporting and more professional management. It will also require grappling with political issues involving journalistic independence and the realities of establishing the credibility needed to gain and keep an Arab audience." (Executive summary) more

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Joint Evaluation of Citizens' Voice & Accountability: Synthesis Report

Alina Rocha Menocal, Bhavna Sharma

London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2008), xxi, 109 pp.

"Citizens’ Voice and Accountability (CV&A) work has emerged as a priority in the international development agenda from the 1990s onwards. In their CV&A work, donors recognise the importance of context: it shapes relation to that context. However, context awareness has not proven sufficient to enab ... more

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An Assessment of HIV and AIDS Radio Campaign Messages in Zimbabwe

Tendayi Kureya, Cynthia Kureya

Panos Southern Africa; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2008), 55 pp.

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Kosovo Media Assistance Program: Final Evaluation Report

Frances Chetwynd, Jehona Gjurgjeala, David Smith

Bethesda, MD: Democracy International; USAID (2008), 44, 32 pp.

"This evaluation of USAID’s Kosovo Media Assistance Project (KMAP) took place close to the end of the three-year project, and addressed two main issues: (1) what has been the impact of KMAP? and (2) based on findings related to KMAP, what recommendations can be made to guide possible future USAID ... more

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Development Through Dialogue: Report of a Research Initiative

Sarah Cummings

Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) (2008), 65 pp.

"This report covers a research study of Dgroups which took place during September 2006-July 2007. Dgroups is a number of things at the same time: (1) it is a web-based technical platform which supports and provides for the creation and use of discrete e-mail based discussion lists and web workspaces ... that are used to support knowledge networking by people and institutions working in development; (2) it is also the plural name for these online networks, individually known as a dgroup; and (3) it is also a partnership of development organizations who share a commitment to collaboration in development and who are developing a common vision of the need for such a platform and such online groups. The Dgroups platform currently supports 2,308 dgroups and 88,700 individual users (15 July, 2007), but there has not yet been an analysis of the development role of dgroups on a global scale. Many partners and members of the Dgroups Partnership continue to support the platform, not only because of the access to online knowledge networks with which it provides them, but also because of an intuitive understanding of the processes supported by dgroups. The study examines whether and how dgroups: • facilitate the spread of information and knowledge among the actors (individual and institutional) working in the thematic areas of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); • facilitate learning processes (individual, social, and organizational learning) in the diverse institutions working in areas related to the MDGs; and • facilitate the bridging of the multitude of ‘knowledge divides’ in development between the North and South, and South-South; between different sorts of institutions (multilateral, bilateral, NGOs, universities, ministries) and professional groups (practitioners, researchers and policymakers); and in terms of language [...] It has been concluded that dgroups facilitate information and knowledge sharing within the subject areas of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and that they also facilitate individual, social and organizational learning within these subject areas. Dgroups also play an important role in bridging the ‘knowledge divides’ between North and South, between different types of institutions, and between different professional groups, as well as crossing the digital divide. An ability to bridge South-South divides and to forge links between different language groups has not been demonstrated. In terms of development impact, Dgroups was found to represent a very cost-effective manner of hosting groups (an average of Euro 60.70 per dgroup per year) and most moderators felt that participation in dgroups was an ‘effective’ use of their time. Dgroups were also found to have had an organizational impact on the way many of the partner and member organizations work. It is argued that Dgroups provides a unique resource: there is nothing comparable within development that facilitates information and knowledge sharing on such a large scale. Finally, some recommendations are made for the future development of Dgroups." (Executive summary) more

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Improving Democracy Assisstance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research

Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assisstance Programs, National Research Council

Washington, DC: National Academies Press (2008), xiii, 277 pp.

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Periodismo escolar en internet: Del aula al ciberespacio

Rubén Canella, Francisco Albarello, Teresa Tsuji

Buenos Aires: La Crujía (2008), 239 pp.

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Evaluation Reports on the Projects Selected by the IPDC Bureau: Intergovernmental Council of the IPDC, Twenty-Sixth Session

Paris: UNESCO (2008), 108 pp.

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Training Journalists to Report on HIV/AIDS: Final Evaluation of a Global Program

Jon Cohen, Laurie Zivetz, Mia Malan

Arcata: Internews Network (2008), 50 pp.

"Internews Network, a U.S.-based organization that for more than two decades has trained journalists around the world, in 2002 received funding from the United States Agency for International Development to launch a project in Africa to help media improve their coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cal ... more

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Radio for Peace Building: Project Evaluation Report

Arpita Nepal, Samyukta Rupakheti

Washington, DC; Brussels: Search for Common Ground (2008), 35 pp.

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Enhancing the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor Through ICT: A Knowledge Map

Kerry McNamara

Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program (2008), iv, 308 pp.

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Community Radio Social Impact Assessment: Removing Barriers Increasing Effectiveness. Challenges, Findings, Reflections, Experiences, Lines of Action for Community Radio Stakeholders. AMARC Global Evaluation 2007

AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (2007), 128 pp.

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Impact of FilmAid Programs in Kakuma, Kenya: Final Report

Katharine Lee, Paul Bolton

New York: FilmAid International (2007), 84 pp.

"FilmAid International (FilmAid) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to use the power of film to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted populations. FilmAid offers programming that aims to facilitate social change by providing co ... more

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Förderung der Medienkompetenz sozial benachteiligter Kinder und Jugendlicher: Beratung, Begleitung und Evaluation von vier Modellprojekten

Jutta Croll, Marion Brüggemann

Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2007), 189 pp.

"Fernsehen, Computerspiele, Handy und Internet sind mittlerweile dauerhafte mediale Begleiter von Heranwachsenden. Kompetent mit diesen Medien umzugehen ist eine Herausforderung, der sich Kinder und Jugendliche in Freizeit, Schule und Ausbildung stellen müssen. Die Förderung dieser Kompetenz muss ... daher eine Kernaufgabe im Erziehungsprozess sein. In Familien, die in sozial benachteiligenden Verhältnissen leben, prägt häufig ein extensiver Medienkonsum den Alltag. Die Folgen bereits vorhandener benachteiligender Faktoren können hierdurch eher verstärkt als gemildert werden. Daher sollte ein spezifisches Augenmerk auf die Medienkompetenzförderung der Kinder und Jugendlichen gelegt werden, bei denen prekäre Bedingungen das Aufwachsen bestimmen. Sie sollen darin unterstützt werden, Medien nicht nur rezeptiv sondern selbstbestimmt und zu ihrem Vorteil nutzen zu können. Sozialpädagogische Fachkräfte, die sie hierbei unterstützen könnten, sind häufig keine Experten auf dem Gebiet der Medienkompetenzförderung. Vor dem Hintergrund hat die Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westfalen das Projekt „Förderung der Medienkompetenz sozial benachteiligter Kinder und Jugendlicher“ initiiert. An den Standorten Remscheid, Gelsenkirchen, Düsseldorf, Münster und Neukirchen-Vluyn wurden vier unterschiedlich angelegte Modellprojekte gefördert. Die Projekte hat das Ziel verbunden, Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter in den beteiligten Einrichtungen projektbegleitend für die medienpädagogische Arbeit zu qualifizieren. Im Sinne einer nachhaltigen Qualifizierung war eine Vernetzung lokaler Akteure Voraussetzung für die Förderung. Die vier Modellprojekte sind von der Stiftung Digitale Chancen beraten und evaluiert worden. Dies geschah, um Anhaltspunkte für Konzepte und Konstellationen zu erhalten, die eine nachhaltige Förderung der Vermittlung von Medienkompetenz unterstützen. Der vorliegende Bericht dokumentiert Anlage, Verlauf und Ergebnisse der vier Modellprojekte. Die Erkenntnisse der Einzelprojekte werden in einer Schlussbetrachtung zusammengeführt und münden schließlich in Schlussfolgerungen für die medienpädagogische Arbeit mit sozial- und bildungsbenachteiligten jungen Menschen, für Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen und zur Rolle von Netzwerken. Anregungen aus den Schlussfolgerungen und dem anschließenden Austausch mit Beteiligten und anderen Experten will die LfM für ihre zukünftigen Fördermaßnahmen in diesem Bereich nutzbar machen." (Vorwort) more

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The Contribution of Radio Broadcasting to the Achievement of the Millenium Development Goals in Southern Madagascar: Research Findings and Conclusions of a Study of the Andrew Lees Trust Project Radio
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Leo Metcalf, Nicola Harford, Mary Myers

Andrew Lees Trust (2007), 83 pp.

"This evaluation of Andrew Lees Trust’s Projet Radio (ALT/PR) in Southern Madagascar examines the impact of radio broadcasts on audience knowledge and attitudes relating to certain MDGs. It finds that the project is achieving some notable success in changing and enhancing knowledge and attitudes o ... more

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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report Based on 53 Country Surveys
Deep Insights

Glen Farrell, Shafika Isaaks

Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), xi, 58 pp.

"This project seeks to gather together in a single resource the most relevant and useful information on ICT in education activities in Africa. Key questions: How are ICTs currently being used in the education sector in Africa, and what are the strategies and policies related to this use? What are th ... more

The Contribution of Radio Broadcasting to the Achievement of the Millenium Development Goals in Southern Madagascar: Research Findings and Conclusions of a Study of the Andrew Lees Trust Project Radio Deep Insights

Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report Based on 53 Country Surveys Deep Insights

The Contribution of Radio Broadcasting to the Achievement of the Millenium Development Goals in Southern Madagascar: Research Findings and Conclusions of a Study of the Andrew Lees Trust Project Radio
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report Based on 53 Country Surveys
Deep Insights