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The Media and Development: What's the Story?
Washington, DC: World Bank (2009), 29 pp.
"Here the media's development impact is presented using five closely intermingled influences: plurality and transparency - the contributions that a plural media environment makes to good governance, transparency, and the functioning of markets (economic and political) which can be seen as the media'
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Media, Development and Institutional Change
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (2009), x, 173 pp.
"Media, Development, and Institutional Change investigates mass media's profound ability to affect institutional change and economic development. The authors use the tools of economics to illuminate the media's role in enabling and inhibiting political-economic reforms that promote development." (Pu
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Information and Communication Technologies, Human Development, Growth and Poverty Reduction: A Background Paper
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2009), 325 pp.
African Media and Investment
Diageo;africapractice (2009), 27 pp.
"This report has identified the importance of African business media to investment in Africa. Notwithstanding the increase in the quantity and quality of business media coverage revealed in our study, accurate and analytical business stories are still in demand from investors, and this will be more
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Development Through Electronic Networks: Information and Communication Technologies in Africa
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Berlin: German Bundestag, Office of Technology Assessment (2009), 268 pp.
"Following an initiative of the Committee on Economic Co-operation and Development, the Office of Technology Assessment (TAB) at the German Bundestag (i.e. the German parliament) has carried out a project on the relevance of the Internet and other new information and communication technologies (ICTs
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ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development
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Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2009), xiv, 386 pp.
"ICT4D provides an authoritative account of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in contemporary development practice. It combines theory with practical guidance – including both a conceptual framework for understanding the rapid development of ICT4D. Case studies provide d
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El papel de las TIC en el desarrollo: Propuesta de América Latina a los retos económicos actuales
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica;Ariel (2009), xii, 191 pp.
The Role of Mass Media in Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED)
Abuja: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2008), 21 pp.
"This paper has highlighted that the mass media can play an important, if not critical, role in both enhancing the flow of information and improving public-private dialogue in the local context. The paper therefore recommends explicitly incorporating media into the approaches of LRED. This means wor
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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.
Entwicklung durch Vernetzung: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in Afrika
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Berlin: Edition Sigma (2008), 272 pp.
"Entwicklungsländer und moderne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT): Wie geht das zusammen? Dieses oft diskutierte, aber selten detailliert untersuchte Thema wird in diesem Buch vor allem anhand Afrikas südlich der Sahara behandelt, einer Weltregion mit erheblichen Entwicklungshemmn
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Information Economy Report 2007-2008: Science and Technology for Development
New York: United Nations (2008), 348 pp.
Information and Communication Technologies for Economic and Regional Developments
Hershey; London: Idea Group (2007), xviii, 351 pp.
The Role and Impact of Radio in Reforming the Rural Business Environment in Africa: A Study of Private FM Radio in Uganda
Bern: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Employment and Income Division (2007), 16 pp.
"The majority of the cases relate to radio programmes that have been supported by FIT Uganda (a Ugandan development company) and the FIT SEMA project (an ILO project). These interventions supported the launch of new radio programme formats that focused on business and livelihood issues. The substant
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The Case for Communication in Sustainable Development
London: Panos London (2007), 60 pp.
"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
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Independent Media's Vital Role in Development
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 24 pp.
"The potential of media to encourage democratic development cannot be denied. Media give people a voice, acting as a balance and watchdog to potential government misconduct. Without a voice, citizens cannot be heard; with a voice, they cannot be ignored. Media provide a window into the inner working
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The Role and Impact of Radio in Reforming the Rural Business Environment in Africa
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Bern: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Employment and Income Division (2007), 46 pp.
"This paper explores the role that the mass media can play in enhancing processes that underpin the reform of the business environment. It does so through the lens of local FM radio stations in Uganda that have emerged over the last decade to become a prominent feature of the country’s social, pol
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Lessons Learnt from Supporting Mass Media to Improve the Business Environment
International Labour Organization (ILO), Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department (2007), 16 pp.
"Enterprise development interventions that utilize the mass media can be seen to be impacting on three different areas of the operating environment of small businesses. First, mass media can bring about behavioural change in the business operation by influencing public and individual attitudes and b
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ICT, Innovation, and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: A Multi-Country Study of Poland, Russia, and the Baltic Countries
Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program;World Bank (2007), vi, 154 pp.
"ICT plays an important role in facilitating the modernization and improved economic performance of firms in transition countries. ICT in itself is often insufficient for improving economic performance. Rather, a range of complementary factors are required, e.g., organizational change and new market
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Diagnóstico del derecho de autor en América Latina
Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2007), 182 pp.
