Bibliography of Access to Information Resources
This bibliography of Access to
Information resources is a part of the UNDP Access to Information
programming toolkit. The bibliography contains more than 100 documents
available online and with abstracts developed for selected papers. The
bibliography is organised around six main categories: Communication for
development, Media (media & HIV/AIDs, media & gender, community media,
public service broadcasting), Right to official information, Access to
Information and Conflict, Civic education and Charters and International
Human Rights Instruments. Click on these categories below to go directly
to bibliographic resources related to these subjects.
Communication for Development
Norris, Pippa & Dieter Zinnbauer .(2002) Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Good Governance, Human Development & Mass Communications. Human Development Report Office. Occasional Paper, Background Paper for the HDR 2002.
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Schilderman, Theo. (2002, March) Strengthening the Knowledge and Information Systems of the Urban Poor. Intermediate Technology Development Group.
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Arroyo, Dennis. (December 2004) Summary Paper on the Stocktaking of Social Accountability Initiatives in Asia and the Pacific. Draft Paper. Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion Learning Programme. World Bank Institute.
Besette, Guy. (2004) Involving the Community – A guide to Participatory Development Communication. International Development Research Centre
Burke, Adam. (1999) Communications and Development: A Practical Guide. DFID. Social Development Division.
Cabañero-Verzosa, Cecillia. (2003) Strategic Communication for Development Projects – A toolkit for task team leaders. World Bank .
CFSC. (1999) Communication for Social Change: A Position Paper and Conference Report. CFSC.
CFSC. (2005) Who Measures Change? An Anotated Bibliography of Useful Websites, Reports, Books and Articles on HIV/AIDS Communication, Communication for Social Change, and Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E).CFSC.
FAO. (September 2004) Report of the Communication for Development Roundtable. 9th Communication for Development Roundtable. FAO.
&Rob Jenkins. (2002) Voice, Accountability and Human Development: The Emergence of a New Agenda. Human Development Report Office, Occasional Paper, Background Paper for the HDR 2002.
Mozammel, Masud & Barbara Zatlokal. (2002) Strategic Communication in PRSP. World Bank.
Panos Institute. (2001) Background Paper for Communication for Development Roundtable, Nicaragua (2001). Sponsored by UNFPA in association with the Rockefeller Foundation and UNESCO.
Streeten, Paul. (2002) Empowerment, Participation and the Poor. Human Development Report Office. Occasional Paper, Background Paper for the HDR 2002.
Waisboard, Dr. Silvio. (2001) Family Tree of Theories, Methodologies and Strategies in Development Communication: convergences and differences. The Rockefeller Foundation.
Waisbord, Dr. Silvio & Dr. William Smith. (2004) Managing Development Communication in Bank Projects: A Handbook for Project Officers. Inter-American Development Bank Office of External Relations. Academy for Educational Development.
Media
Panos Institute UK. (2005)
Who’s richer, who’s poorer? A journalist’s guide to the politics of poverty reduction strategies. Media Toolkit on PRSPs No.1. Panos UK.
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Roth, Colin. (February 2002)
The Media in Governance, Developing Free and Effective Media to Serve the Interests of the Poor: A Guide to Assistance. Department for International Development (DFID) Governance Department. UK.
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Coronel, Sheila S. (2003)
The Role of Media in Deepening Democracy. Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism.
Dean, James & KundaDixit, Njonjo Mue, Fackson Banda, Silvio Waisbord.
The Other Information Revolution: Media and empowerment in developing countries. UNRISD.
Ezekiel, Zachariah. (September 2003) Beyond Bylines:
Engaging the News Media in Urban Governance. Institute on Governance. Policy Brief No. 16.
Global Issues. (February 2003)
Seeking Free and Responsible Media. Global Issues: An Electronic Journal of the US Department of State. Volume 8, Number 1.
Hume, Ellen. (April 2004)
The Media Missionaries: American Support for Journalism Excellence and Press Freedom Around the Globe. The Knight Foundation.
Hurt, Karen.
Handling the Media. Civicus.
Hurt, Karen.
Producing Your Own Media: Toolkit. Civicus.
Inoguchi, Takashi. (2002)
Voice and Accountability: the Media and the Internet in Democratic Development. Human Development Report Office. Occasional Paper, Background Paper for the HDR 2002.
OSCE. (November 2002)
From Quill to Cursor: Freedom of the Media in the Digital Era: Papers from the OSCE workshop on Freedom of the Media and the Internet. Vienna. OSCE.
Ott, Dana. (1998)
The role of Electronic Media in Promoting Democracy in Africa. First Monday.
Peruzotti, Enrique & Catalina Smulovitz. (2002)
Civil Society, the Media and Internet as Tools for Creating Accountability to the Poor and Disadvantaged Groups. Human Development Report Office. Occasional Paper, Background Paper for the HDR 2002.
Price , Monroe E. & Peter Krug. (December 2000)
The Enabling Environment For Free and Independent Media. Cardozo Law School: Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies. Available at the Social Science Research Network.
Price, Monroe E. (February 2001)
Mapping Media Assistance (draft paper). Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy, Oxford University.
Howard, Ross. (2004)
Media & Elections: An Elections Reporting Handbook. International Media Support & IMPACS
Sakr, Naomi. (2002 )
Civil Society, Media and Accountability in the Arab Region. Human Development Report Office. Occasional Paper, Background Paper for the HDR 2002.
Široka, Jugoslava (Ed.). (2005)
Ethics and Journalism in the South Eastern Europe: Comparative analysis of the journalistic profession. Media Center: Belgrade.
Stapenhurst, Rick. (March 2003)
Media Independence: Is Self-Regulation an Answer? World Bank Institute.
Stapenhurst, Rick. (2000)
The Media’s Role in Curbing Corruption. World Bank Institute.
Tettey, Wisdom J. (2002 )
The Media, Accountability, and Civic Engagement in Africa. Human Development Report Office. Occasional Paper, Background Paper for the HDR 2002.
USAID. (June 1999)
Role of Media in Democracy, A Strategic Approach. Office of Democracy and Governance: USAID. Technical Publication Series.
Media & HIV AIDs
African Women’s Media Centre. (2002) Reporting on HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Manual. African Women’s Media Centre.
African Women’s Media Centre. (2002) Reporting on HIV/AIDS: A Resource Guide. African Women’s Media Centre.
Boafo, S.T. Kwame & Carlos A. Arnaldo (eds.). (2000) Media & HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa: A resource book. UNESCO.
Panos Institute UK. (2003) Missing the Message: 20 Years of Learning from HIV/AIDS. Panos Institute UK.
Stein, Joanne. (2001) HIV/AIDS and the Media: A Literature Review. CADRE.
Stein, Joanne. (April 2002) What’s News? Perspectives on HIV/AIDS in the South African Media. CADRE.
African Women’s Media Centre. (1999) Women Meeting the Challenge: A Handbook for Media Leadership. African Women’s Media Centre.
Morna, Colleen. (2005) Getting it Right: Gender and Media in Southern Africa. Gender Links.
Morna, Colleen & Rama, Kubi. (2002) My views on the news! The Southern African Gender and Media Audience Study – Part I, Gender Links.
Peters, Bettina. (2001) Equality and Quality: Setting Standards for Women in Journalism. International Federation of Journalists.
Rehn, Elisabeth & Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. (2002) Women, War and Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-building. UNIFEM.
UN DESA. (November 2002) Participation and Access of Women to the Media and the Impact of Media On and Its Use as a Instrument for the Advancement and Empowerment of Women. Report of the Expert Group Meeting. Beirut Lebanon, 12-15 November 2002. UN DESA Division for the Advancement of Women.
AMARC Africa. (2002) The Africa Community Radio Manager's Handbook: A Guide to Sustainable Radio. AMARC.
Boafo, S.T. Kwame (ed.). (2000) Promoting Community Media in Africa. UNESCO.
Fraser, Colin & Sonia Restrepo Estrada. (2001) Community Radio Handbook. UNESCO.
Girard, Bruce. (2001) A Passion for Radio: Radio Waves and Community. Comunica.
Girard, Bruce & Jo van de Spek. (2002) The Potential for Community Radio in Afghanistan: Report of a Fact Finding Mission to Afghanistan. Comunica & Radio Reed Flute.
Open Society for South Africa. (1999) Guidebook on Community Radio. Open Society for South Africa.
Kops, Manfred. (2001) What is Public Service Broadcasting and How Should it be Financed. Institute for Broadcasting Economics. University of Cologne. Working Paper No.145_s.
Mendel, Toby. (2000) Public Service Broadcasting: A comparative Legal Survey. UNESCO Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development.
McChesney, Dr. Robert W. (1997) The Mythology of Commercial Broadcasting and the Contemporary Crisis of Public Broadcasting. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
OSCE Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities. (October 2003) Guidelines on the use of minority languages in the broadcast media. OSCE Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities.
Rumphorst, Dr Werner. (2003) Model Public Service Broadcasting Law Handbook. European Broadcasting Union.
UNESCO & World Radio and Television Council. (May 2001) Public Broadcasting - Why, How? UNESCO. World Radio and Television Council.
UNDP. (2004) Practical Guidance Note on the Right to Information, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
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Islam, Roumeen. (2003, June) Do More Transparent Governments Govern Better: Better information flows means better governance. World Bank Research Working Paper 3077.
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Mendel, Toby. (June 1999) The Public’s Right to Know: Principles on Freedom of Information Legislation. Article 19.
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Neuman, Laura (ed.). (November 2002) Access to Information: A Key to Democracy. The Carter Center.
Blanton,Thomas S. (2003) The Problem of Secrecy and the Opportunity for Openness in International Institutions. Working Paper Series. Initiative for Policy Dialogue. Columbia University.
Daruwala, Maja. (2003) Open Sesame: Looking for the Right to Information in the Commonwealth. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
Frankel, Maurice. (May 2001) Freedom of Information and Corruption: Paper for the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity. The Campaign for Freedom of Information.
Inter-American Dialogue. (December 2002) Access to Information in the Americas. Conference on Access to Information in the Americas, Buenos Aires, Argentina: 11-12 December 2002. Inter-American Dialogue.
Krisnan, Dr. Gopakumar. (November 2001) Increasing Information Access to Improve Political Accountability and Participation: Mapping Future Actions in the Asia-Pacific. Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore India, paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for the Asia Pacific, Tokyo Japan. OECD.
MacDonnell, Roderick. (2002) Access to Information: The Commercial Side. World Bank Institute.
Mendel, Toby. (2005) Parliament and Access to Information: Working for Transparent Governance. WBI Working Paper Series on Contemporary Issues in Parliamentary Development. World Bank Institute.
Petkova, Elena & Crescencia Maurer, Norbert Henninger, Frances Irwin. (2002) Closing the Gap: Information, Participation and Justice in Decision-Making for the Environment. World Resources Institute.
Pope, Jeremy. (2003) Global Corruption Report 2003: Special Focus on Access to Information. Transparency International.
Roy, Aruna & Nikhil Dey. (October 2001) The Right to Information: Facilitating People’s Participation and State Accountability. 10th International Anti-Corruption Conference, Prague, 10 October 2001. IACC.
Snell, Rick. (April 1999) Administrative Compliance and Freedom of Information in Three Jurisdictions: Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Freedom of Information: One Year On Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 23 April 1999). University College Cork Law Department.
Stiglitz,Joseph. (January 1999) On Liberty, the Right to Know, and Public Disclosure: The Role of transparency in Public Life. Oxford Amnesty Lecture, Oxford, United Kingdom: 27 January 1999.
USAID. (June 2002) Approaches to Civic Education, Lessons Learned. Technical Publication Series. USAID Office of Democracy and Governance.
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Bennet, Lance W. Civic Learning in Changing Democracies: Challenges for Citizenship and Civic Education. Center for Communication and Civic Engagement & University of Washington.
Centre for Civic Education. (19 June 2003) Res Publica: An International Framework for Education in Democracy. Centre for Civic Education.
Malena, Carmen & Reiner Forster, Janmejay Singh. (December 2004) Social Accountability An Introduction to the Concept and Emerging Practice. Social Development Papers: Participation And Civic Engagement. Paper No. 76. World Bank Institute.
Smith, Alen, Susan Fountain and Hugh McLean. (2002) Civic Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in the Republic of Serbia. Evaluation Report. UNICEF.
UNDP Oslo Governance Centre. (April 2004) UNDP’s Practical Guidance Note on Civic Education. UNDP Oslo Governance Centre.
UNDP. UNDP’s Policy Note on Civil Society Engagement. UNDP Bureau for Strategic Resources and Partnerships (BRSP).
World Bank Institute. (March 2003) Enabling Environments for Civic Engagement in PRSP Countries. Social Development Notes. Note No. 82. World Bank Institute.
Price, Monroe E. (May 2000) Restructuring the Media in Post-Conflict Societies: Four Perspectives on the Experience of Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental Organisations. Background Paper prepared for UNESCO.
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Alexis, Monique & Ines Mpabara. (March 2003) The Rwanda Media Experience from the Genocide. International Media Support (IMS). Assessment Mission Report. IMS.
DFID. (August 2000) Working with the Media in Conflicts and Other Emergencies. DFID.
Frohardt, Mark & Jonathan Temin. (October 2003) Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies. United States Institute for Peace.
Howard, Ross. (June 2003) International Media Assistance: A Review of Donor Activities and Lessons Learned. Working Paper 19. Clingendael: Netherlands Institute of International Relations.
Katarina, Subasic. (2002) Role of the Media and the Internet as Tools for Creating Accountability to Poor and Disadvantaged Groups in the Former Yugoslavia. Background paper for HDR 2002. UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Kavumbagu, Jean-Marie Vianney. Communication as a Tool for Advocating the Rights of Refugees. WACC.
Lynch, Jane. Using Conflict Analysis in Reporting. Transcend.
McGoldrick,Annabel & Jake Lynch. (2000) Peace Journalism – How to Do It? Transcend.
Park, Jacqueline & Sunanda Deshapriya. On the Road to Peace - Reporting Conflict and Ethnic Diversity: A Research Report on Good Journalism Practice in Sri Lanka. United States Institute for Peace & International Federation of Journalists.
Reljic, Dusan. (2001) The News Media and the Transformation of Ethnopolitical Conflicts. Berghof Research Centre for Constructive Conflict Management.
Transcend. The Peace Journalism Options . Transcend.
The Aarhus Convention on Access to Environmental Information
The African Charter on Broadcasting 2001
The Amsterdam Treaty 1997: Protocol on the System of Public Broadcasting in the Member States
The Commonwealth Model Freedom of Information Bill - Model FOI bill developed by Commonwealth Secretariat
Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa, adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (2002)
The Declaration of Sofia (1997)
Charter for Media Freedom
Council of Europe Declaration on Freedom of Communication on the Internet
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The Johannesburg Principles on National Security, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
The Principles of Lima: Freedom of Expression
Resources on the Aarhus Convention including a handbook on the Convention’s implementation
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press
