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Community radio, new technologies and policy: enough watching, it’s time for doing

by Bruce Girard

In Mali broadcasters search the internet to find answers to listeners’ questions, translate them to local languages, and encourage discussion and learning around issues of public interest. Without the internet Mali’s rural radio stations used a handful of old books and last week’s newspaper as main sources of information, but with access and training they are able to find information on the internet and help discover solutions to community problems. They are only able to do this because visionary policies and programmes enabled community radio and provided them with internet access and training.

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Take Five: A handful of essentials for ICTs in development

In his chapter in The One to Watch Alfonso Gumucio details five essential considerations for any communication for development and social change project - community ownership, local content, appropriate technology, language and culture, convergence and networking.

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