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Posted by Shanthi  on  Mon, 21/07/2008

Photo Credit: Flickr User ReRodIn reading Tom's excellent post on CIMA's new report on independent media development efforts, I was struck yet again by how little we know about the impact of media development assistance - and how little we know about what we know. For instance, it's commonly held that donors need to be able to understand the impact of their assistance, to make sure their dollars are being spent wisely and in the right place. But how should we determine this?

Posted by Sina  on  Tue, 20/05/2008

Photo Credit: Eric Miller (2002)For a few years now, I have been developing a theory of media reform in post-conflict environments. It is a reading of the facts, nothing grand. I want to trot it out and see how you react to it. My sense is that when a developing country succumbs to conflict and finds the will to come out of it, or the combatants are simply too exhausted to continue the quarrel, donors rush in to help put Humpty Dumpty back together again. One of the things donors sometimes do is re-build the media system.