Resources

Case Studies in Collaborative Local Journalism

[2019] Published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism with the support of the Google News Initiative, authors Joy Jenkins and Lucas Graves discuss the challenges and potential of collaboration initiatives on local journalism. Three cases reflecting distinct models of collaboration in Europe were included in the report: Bureau Local (United Kingdom), ‘L’Italia Delle Slot‘ (Italy), and Lännen Media (Finland).

Use of mobile phones by the rural poor: gender perspectives from selected Asian countries

[2016] Mobile phones have contributed in various ways to rural development, from reducing information asymmetry, improving functional networks, to increasing access to services and finance. Yet a digital gender divide exists.  The study examines gender perspectives on the use of mobile phones by the rural poor by identifying their information needs using gender disaggregated statistics gathered from developing economies in South and South East Asia. It suggests that there needs to

Farming for the Future: Communication efforts to Advance Family Farming

[2014] Smallholder family farmers and rural communities require access to information and communication to make their voices heard and change their lives for the better. This implies including ComDev as part of agricultural and rural development policies in order to promote dialogue and participation, harnessing the potential of new ICTs (such as mobile phones, the internet and computer-based applications) in combination with local media (such as community radio). This document

ICTs for agriculture in Africa

[2014] This document is part of a flagship report – eTransform Africa – produced by the World Bank and the African Development Bank, with the support of the African Union, to identify best practice in the use of ICTs in key sectors of the African economy.  ICT, when embedded in broader stakeholder systems, can bring economic development and growth as it can help bridge critical knowledge gaps. In particular African agriculture –

Tuning into development: International comparative survey of community broadcasting regulation

[2013] Community radio stations are multiplying in numbers but legal considerations and fair regulatory provisions for them are a worldwide challenge. This report by UNESCO maps the complex legislative frameworks of community broadcasters in more than 30 countries and provides some insight on the linkages between local policy development and international standards. By exploring a range of local approaches and advances in the legal recognition of community broadcasters, the report hopes to encourage partnerships

Communication for Development: Strengthening the Effectiveness of the United Nations

[2011] Since 1988, the biannual Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development has been the primary platform for UN agencies and other organizations to exchange ideas and strategies on harnessing communication to achieve more equitable and sustainable development. This publication illustrates how United Nations agencies, programmes and funds such as FAO, ILO, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF and WHO, integrate and promote Communication for Development through their work. It calls for the

Collaborative Change: a Communication Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security

Author: CSDI [2010] This document was prepared in the context of theCommunication for Sustainable Development Initiative (CSDI), an FAO programme supported by the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory that promotes the use of communication methods and tools to meet today’s rural development challenges. It provides a conceptual framework to participatory communication applied to climate change adaptation and food security. According to CSDI, the integration of ComDev into community-based

Indigenous Peoples' Communication for Development

[2010] Since 2006, FAO and the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) have been collaborating to enhance indigenous peoples’ capacities in the field of Communication for Development (ComDev). The CSDI programme gives special attention to vulnerable populations and indigenous communities, focusing on ComDev application to sustainable natural resources management and climate change adaptation. ComDev efforts can help facilitating equitable access to knowledge and information, promoting dialogue and participation, and managing

Development Communication Primer

[2012] What is Development Communication? As defined at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, it is the interaction of two social processes – development and communication – in any given environment. In 1971 it was tentatively defined as the art and science of human communication applied to the speedy transformation of a country and the mass  of its people from poverty to a dynamic state of  economic growth that