Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26957
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Background paper for the World Development Report 2008 by the World Bank and affiliated organizations. 44 pages., A background paper for "Innovating through science and technology," Chapter 7 of the World Development Report 2008.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36924
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3 pages., Representative of TVE Asia Pacific speaks about his comments at the 8th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka. His session title: "Taking it off the page: alternative mediums of communication to influence change." Comments on inept media coverage of the poor and offers some basic rules of engagement in "telling media stories from the Bottom of the Pyramid."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25989
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4 pages., Reports on activities and contributions of some professional communicators who have worked with International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) during the past half century.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26287
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Via Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 2 pages., Describes expansion of a program begun in 2002 whereby publishers make information available on the Internet to scientists in developing countries, free or almost free of charge. "Information charity."
Thompson, Geoff (author) and Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crop Development in Asia and Pacific (CAPSA), subsidiary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-12
Published:
International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26961
"At a national and local level, many rural development plans have very little in the way of communication components." Author emphasizes need for involving communication more fully in such projects.
