"Die deutsche staatliche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit erkennt die besondere Situation der indigenen Völker an und unterstützt ihre Beteiligung auf verschiedenen Ebenen. Sie geht davon aus, dass eine aktive Beteiligung indigener Völker unverzichtbar ist, um ihre Menschenrechte zu verwirklichen und d
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en sozialen Zusammenhalt in den Gesellschaften zu stärken. Darüber hinaus ist ihre Einbeziehung unerlässlich, um zunehmende Konflikte um Ressourcen und deren Verteilung friedlich zu lösen und eine nachhaltige Entwicklung zu fördern. Insbesondere in Ländern mit hohem indigenen Bevölkerungsanteil können die Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele ohne die Anerkennung der Entwicklungsbeiträge von Indigenen und die konkrete Verbesserung ihrer Lebenssituation nicht erreicht werden. Die deutsche staatliche Entwicklungspolitik wird ihre Zusammenarbeit stärker auf die Rechte, Bedürfnisse und Organisationsprozesse indigener Völker ausrichten. Einerseits werden in einem Querschnittsansatz indigene Völker in allen Vorhaben angemessen einbezogen und ihre Belange berücksichtigt. Andererseits werden indigene Organisationen direkt gefördert, sowohl auf nationaler Ebene als auch länderübergreifend (zum Beispiel Förderung indigener Dachorganisationen). Regionale Schwerpunkte liegen in Ländern und Regionen mit hohem indigenen Bevölkerungsanteil sowie in Lebens- und Kulturräumen von internationaler Bedeutung (zum Beispiel Amazonasraum). Sektorale Schwerpunkte der Förderung sind: Demokratie, Zivilgesellschaft und öffentliche Verwaltung; Management natürlicher Ressourcen und nachhaltige ländliche Entwicklung; Friedensentwicklung und Krisenprävention; sowie soziale Entwicklung." (Zusammenfassung, Seite 3)
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"This paper presents the experience with open access (OA) publishing by researchers in an academic research institution (The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus) in a developing country — Trinidad and Tobago. It describes the two parallel but complimentary paths for authors to
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enable open access, i.e. of publishing in open access journals and/or self–archiving. The benefits to researchers of free access to information, increased research impact and possible solution to the“serials crisis” are highlighted. It suggests that advocates of OA should consider all possible difficulties that researchers may have with OA, so that these could be ameliorated. To this end, it considers the UWI researchers’ knowledge of OA, their access to the scholarly literature, open access archives/repositories at the UWI and related issues of research and library funding, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and infrastructure/Internet connectivity. It concludes that there are indeed obvious and well–documented benefits for developing country researchers. There are though some disincentives that make it difficult for researchers in developing countries to fully participate in the OA movement. Apart from author–side or“page” charges, the limited number of open access journals in many fields of study and inadequate and unreliable ICT infrastructure and Internet connectivity often limit access and publication in OA journals." (Abstract)
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"Aquí se procura estudiar la industria editorial argentina en un período de 120 años, lapso en el que se advierten los avatares de una autonomía amenazada, ora por la política, ora por el mercado. Para hacerlo, se dividió el período de estudio en las siguientes etapas: 1880-1899: el surgimien
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to de un mercado editorial, a cargo de Sergio Pastormerlo; 1900-1919: la época de organización del espacio editorial, a cargo de Margarita Merbilháa; 1920-1937: la emergencia del editor moderno, a cargo de Verónica Delgado y Fabio Espósito; 1938-1955: la "época de oro" de la industria editorial, a cargo de José Luis de Diego, quien dirigió los trabajos de investigación; 1956-1975: la consolidación del mercado interno, a cargo de Amelia Aguado; 1976-1989: la crisis de la industria editorial durante la dictadura y la democracia, a cargo de José Luis de Diego; 1990-2000: la concentración y la polarización de la industria editorial, a cargo de Malena Botto, y un anexo cronológico sobre aspectos legales e institucionales de la industria editorial argentina, a cargo de Silvia Naciff." (Página web Fondo de Cultura Económica, 06.02.2011)
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"This report records and analyzes the results of a study in which partners of the Justice Initiative in 14 countries filed a total of 1,926 requests for information. In each country, seven different requesters twice submitted up to 70 questions to 18 public institutions. Requesters included NGOs, jo
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urnalists, business persons, non-affiliated persons, and members of excluded groups, such as illiterate or disabled persons or those from vulnerable minorities. The requests were for the types of information that public bodies hold—or should hold." (Summary of findings, page 11)
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"This study critically evaluates international democratization assistance in postconflict societies to discern what has worked, what has not, and how aid programs can be designed to have a more positive impact. The authors offer a unique recipient perspective as they explore three dimensions of demo
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cracy promotion: elections, free media, and human rights. Drawing on the experiences of Afghanistan, Cambodia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Uganda, they suggest concrete ways in which the international community can better foster democratization in the wake of conflict." (Publisher description)
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"This book discusses the fundamental elements of media systems and shows how they are used in eight sample countries. Unlike other books, it is organized according to media elements, with comparative discussions of all eight countries within each chapter. This helps readers make connections and comp
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arisons between the countries and allows them to apply the concepts to other countries not discussed in the book. Comparing Media from Around the World also features exciting photographs from the sample countries showing not only the media but how they are experienced in context (for example, a newspaper stand in France and an internet cafe in Ghana)." (Publisher description)
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"Creative Associates International (Creative) launched the Haiti Media Assistance and Civic Education Program in October 2001. Known by its Creole acronym, RAMAK, which means “Rassemblan Medya pou Aksyon Kominite” or Media Gathering for Community Action, the goals of the project were to increase
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awareness of citizens’ rights and responsibilities and strengthen journalists’ reporting abilities. The project pursued these objectives in collaboration with 40 community radio stations and 22 local and regional associations of journalists around Haiti." (Introduction)
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