Aid and media
- Publish What You Fund
- Publish What You Fund campaigns for aid transparency – more and better information about aid. It urges donors to disclose their aid information regularly and promptly, and in a standardised format that will be comparable with other countries and accessible to all. It supports greater disclosure of aid information in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Standar...
- Can the media effectively expose corruption in humanitarian aid programmes?
- G. Mortensen / U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2006
- This document brings together the deliberations of a meeting of donors, NGOs and journalists from Sri Lanka, Liberia and Nepal on the role of the media in tackling corruption in humanitarian aid programmes. It draws on various case st...
- How can the international donor community effectively promote democracy?
- L. Rakner; A. Rocha Menocal; V. Fritz / Overseas Development Institute, 2007
- This paper presents a study of democratisation and democracy assistance in the developing world. In particular, it provides an overview of the democratisation processes during the 1980s. The paper situates democratisation p...
- Information and communication are key to successful development
- M. Wilson; K. Warnock; E. Schoemaker / Panos Institute, London, 2007
- We have passed the half-way point of the Millennium Development Goals, yet it is almost certain that many countries will fail to reach them. One of the reasons, the authors argue, is that policymakers are neglecting the central r...
- Resources on the G8 and Africa Commission
- L. Stoddard / Eldis Aid and Debt Resource Guide, 2007
- Using the 2005 British presidencies of the G8 and the European Union as a platform the Africa Commission set out to generate new ideas on African development and support and implement commitments towards Africa. This commentary by an ...
- How does the UK public view increases to international aid?
- ActionAid International, 2007
- This report summaries the findings of an Action Aid poll on public attitudes toward development aid in the United Kingdom. Main findings of the poll include: public support for aid is high and more robust than mi...
- Are media development organisations serious about gender mainstreaming?
- C.L. Morna; A. Odhiambo; R.R. Davidson / Gender Links, Johannesburg, 2006
- Here the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) reviews the extent to which gender is integrated into the work of the twenty media development organisations that it supports. Key findings include: ...
- Effectively harnessing the media to promote education for all
- A. North / Oxfam, 2006
- This guide addresses the issue of harnessing the media to promote gender equality in education. It looks at the linkages between gender equality and education in development. This guide provides advice and practical tools for individu...
- Assessing the G8 commitments since Gleneagles
- Eldis News Weblog, 2006
- Written on the first anniversary of the G8 summit in Gleneagles, this commentary by an Eldis editor assesses the success of the round of talks. Amidst a huge campaign to Make Poverty History leaders committed to increasing aid and can...
- Was the MakePovertyHistory campaign successful?
- M. Andy; C. Culey; S. Evans / Make Poverty History, 2006
- This evaluation assesses the impact of the MakePovertyHistory campaign and how successful it was in meeting its objectives. The report highlights a number of achievements including: public mobilisation as the gre...
- Can the media effectively expose corruption in humanitarian aid programmes?
- G. Mortensen / U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2006
- This document brings together the deliberations of a meeting of donors, NGOs and journalists from Sri Lanka, Liberia and Nepal on the role of the media in tackling corruption in humanitarian aid programmes. It draws on various case st...
- How can the international donor community effectively promote democracy?
- L. Rakner; A. Rocha Menocal; V. Fritz / Overseas Development Institute, 2007
- This paper presents a study of democratisation and democracy assistance in the developing world. In particular, it provides an overview of the democratisation processes during the 1980s. The paper situates democratisation p...
- Information and communication are key to successful development
- M. Wilson; K. Warnock; E. Schoemaker / Panos Institute, London, 2007
- We have passed the half-way point of the Millennium Development Goals, yet it is almost certain that many countries will fail to reach them. One of the reasons, the authors argue, is that policymakers are neglecting the central r...
- Resources on the G8 and Africa Commission
- L. Stoddard / Eldis Aid and Debt Resource Guide, 2007
- Using the 2005 British presidencies of the G8 and the European Union as a platform the Africa Commission set out to generate new ideas on African development and support and implement commitments towards Africa. This commentary by an ...
- How does the UK public view increases to international aid?
- ActionAid International, 2007
- This report summaries the findings of an Action Aid poll on public attitudes toward development aid in the United Kingdom. Main findings of the poll include: public support for aid is high and more robust than mi...
- Are media development organisations serious about gender mainstreaming?
- C.L. Morna; A. Odhiambo; R.R. Davidson / Gender Links, Johannesburg, 2006
- Here the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) reviews the extent to which gender is integrated into the work of the twenty media development organisations that it supports. Key findings include: ...
- Effectively harnessing the media to promote education for all
- A. North / Oxfam, 2006
- This guide addresses the issue of harnessing the media to promote gender equality in education. It looks at the linkages between gender equality and education in development. This guide provides advice and practical tools for individu...
- Assessing the G8 commitments since Gleneagles
- Eldis News Weblog, 2006
- Written on the first anniversary of the G8 summit in Gleneagles, this commentary by an Eldis editor assesses the success of the round of talks. Amidst a huge campaign to Make Poverty History leaders committed to increasing aid and can...
- Was the MakePovertyHistory campaign successful?
- M. Andy; C. Culey; S. Evans / Make Poverty History, 2006
- This evaluation assesses the impact of the MakePovertyHistory campaign and how successful it was in meeting its objectives. The report highlights a number of achievements including: public mobilisation as the gre...
- The use of posters and images in aid campaigns
- M. Lamers / Graduate Journal of Social Science, 2005
- This paper discusses the content and nature of the messages and images that are being communicated by development organisations to public in the West in fund raising posters. Special attention is given to evolving representatio...
- Publish What You Fund
- Publish What You Fund campaigns for aid transparency – more and better information about aid. It urges donors to disclose their aid information regularly and promptly, and in a standardised format that will be comparable with other countries and accessible to all. It supports greater disclosure of aid information in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Standar...
