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September 29, 2016

What big international development events are still to come in 2016?

Author: BBC Media Action's Melanie Archer, September 29 2016 - 2016 has been a busy year so far. The World Humanitarian Summit took place in Istanbul while the British Government hosted a major anti-...

BBC Media Action

September 21, 2016

Will the World Development Report miss out the media's role in public dialogue?

Author: Will Taylor, September 21 2016 - Will Taylor reviews the ‘green cover’ draft of the World Development Report, which puts a spotlight on the media but could do more to lay out how to support...

Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

September 20, 2016

Mexican Journalism, Still in the Line of Fire

"Journalists in Mexico should not give up on the idea of forming a common front against the violence, something that international organizations should also support."

Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC)

September 19, 2016

Citizen Voice and Action

"No democratic government can afford not to listen to the voices of its citizens....However, governments - and institutions of various sizes and scales - find citizen engagement difficult and...

Shelby Grossman

September 15, 2016

Polio is back in Nigeria, and the next vaccination campaign may have a surprising consequence

Authors: Shelby Grossman, Jonathan Phillips and Leah Rosenzweig, August 23 2016 [first posted in the Monkey Cage at the Washington Post, linked below] In early August, Nigeria announced new cases of...

James Deane

September 14, 2016

Public service broadcasting in fragile states: are we flogging a dead horse?

Author: James Deane, September 14 2016 - James Deane argues that the concept of media systems capable of: engaging everyone in society, acting independently and enabling dialogue across divides...

ORLEN C OCLEASA

September 12, 2016

Village Book Training Manual: Community Led and Planning Process

"Externally designed, top down plans which are based on assumed knowledge of a community's problems, run the risk of activities and projects being implemented that do not address the real needs of...

David O'Brien

September 12, 2016

Partnership for Canada-Caribbean Community Climate Change Adaptation (ParCA)

"Refining the climate change science knowledge gaps and building capacity for the Caribbean to pose and answer for itself some of the emerging second-generation climate change questions were key...

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