bbc.co.uk, July 21, 2016 BBC Media Action conducted its first ever randomised control trial (RCT) on the impact of our health programming on...
ON THE MEDIA: Impact of Media on Health in Bangladesh
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Issues and Analysis
AFGHANISTAN: Afghan men have a responsibility to fight for women’s equality
afghanistantimes.af, By M. Nadeem Alizai, June 13, 2016 -- For years the Afghan policymakers have blamed insecurity for hampered development...
HAITI, ON DEVELOPMENT: This volatile Haiti slum is undergoing a makeover — now what?
miamiherald.com, BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, 8/12/16 -- At the top of the hill where an old colonial fort overlooks the immaculate grounds of a...
ON THE MEDIA: Can mass media cause change?
bbc.co.uk, July 14, 2016 Can the mass media cause changes in an audience’s knowledge, attitudes and intention to practice behaviors? At BBC Media...
AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan political crisis: Entitlement vs democracy
The domestic dimension of the Afghan conflict is the absence of agreement among the elites on the framework and principles of political power,...
ON DEVELOPMENT: Can we get out of the private sector bad, public sector good trap?
It’s no longer possible to work in development without engaging with the private sector. How can we get beyond stereotypes to make progress?...
AFGHANISTAN: Young people don’t see a future in Afghanistan, so they’re leaving
washingtonpost.com, by Melissa Etehad, Aug. 12, 2016 -- The well-educated, 20-year-old woman did not want to leave Afghanistan, but she said she had...
ON DEVELOPMENT: Is the End of Global Poverty Closer than You Think?
cgdev.org, Center for Global Development, 8/5/16, Andy Sumner In a new CGD paper we find that: The poor, on average, live at about the same level:...
AFGHANISTAN, ON THE MEDIA: Badakhshan’s journalists discuss media’s role in women empowerment
wadsam.com, July 29, 2016 - Three experts on women empowerment and more than 60 journalists gathered at Feyzabad’s women’s centre to discuss the...
ON DEVELOPMENT: African Leaders Driving Push for Industrialisation: UN Official
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 2016, ipsnews.net, by Lyndal Rowland - Industrialisation in Africa is being driven by African leaders who realise that...
HAITI, ON DEVELOPMENT: OAS Needs New Leadership
huffingtonpost.com, by Mark Weisbrot Co-Director, Center For Economic And Policy Research, Washington, D.C., July 11, 2016 Luis Almagro, the current...
AFGHANISTAN: Finally Standing Up to Pakistan
nationalinterest.org, Adam Gallagher, August 4, 2016 In recent months, Pakistan’s pernicious Afghan policy has come under heavy criticism in...