1. Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States: A Report to the Center for International Media Assistance
- Author:
- Mary Myers
- Publication Date:
- 12-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- National Endowment for Democracy
- Abstract:
- The main guiding questions for this research are: How much are European and other governments and donors spending on international media development? Where is the money going, for what sort of development (training, capacity building, infrastructure, legal or physical safety, etc.) and what are the trends in terms of donor priorities and approaches? The present study is an update of one produced for the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) by the author, with Emma Grant, in 2007 (see Grant and Myers in References). That study was, in one way, more limited in that it dealt only with media support when used by donors to enhance access to information and promote governmental accountability in developing countries. In another way it was broader in that it made recommendations about “what works” and “what are the gaps” in media support in order to guide DFID policy. The present study is less of a discussion document and more of a straight survey.
- Topic:
- Development, Mass Media, and Foreign Aid
- Political Geography:
- United States, United Kingdom, and Europe