The Right to Tell : The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development
A free press is not a luxury. It is at the core of equitable development. The media can expose corruption. They can keep a check on public policy by throwing a spotlight on government action. They let people voice diverse opinions on governance and...
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okr-10986-152122021-04-23T14:03:11Z The Right to Tell : The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development World Bank ABUSE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADVERTISING ADVISORY SERVICES BROADCAST BROADCASTERS BROADCASTING BROADCASTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENSORSHIP CLASSIFICATION COMPETITION POLICY COURTS DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES DOCUMENTS ELECTRONIC MEDIA FAMILIES HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION STORAGE INNOVATION JOURNALISM JOURNALISTS LAWS LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LITERACY MANAGERS MASS COMMUNICATION MASS COMMUNICATIONS MASS MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE MEDIA SECTOR NETWORKS NEW MEDIA OFFENSES PHOTOCOPYING POLITICAL INFORMATION POLITICAL POWER PRINTING PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLISHING RADIO RADIO BROADCASTING RADIO STATIONS RECORDING TELEVISION TELEVISION AUDIENCE TELEVISION NETWORKS TELEVISION STATIONS TRADE STATISTICS TRANSPARENCY WAR MASS MEDIA MASS MEDIA INDUSTRY MASS MEDIA POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY GOVERNMENT DECISION-MAKING POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY INFORMATION DISSEMINATION CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEDIA REGULATION MEDIA IN POLITICS MASS COMMUNICATION MASS COMMUNICATION LAW LEGAL FRAMEWORK ACCESS TO INFORMATION JOURNALISTIC ETHICS JOURNALISTS JOURNALISM TELEVISION BROADCASTING TELEVISION INDUSTRY TELEVISION NEWS TELEVISION INDUSTRY COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES A free press is not a luxury. It is at the core of equitable development. The media can expose corruption. They can keep a check on public policy by throwing a spotlight on government action. They let people voice diverse opinions on governance and reform, and help build public consensus to bring about change. Such media help markets work better. They can facilitate trade, transmitting ideas and innovation across boundaries. The media are also important for human development, bringing health and education information to remote villages in countries from Uganda to Nicaragua. But as experience has shown, the independence of the media can be fragile and easily compromised. It is clear that to support development, media need the right environment-in terms of freedoms, capacities, and checks and balances. The World Development Report 2002, "Building Institutions for Markets (rep. no. 22825)," devoted a chapter to the role of the media in development. This volume is an extension of that work. It discusses how media affects development outcomes under different circumstances and presents evidence on what policy environment is needed to enable the media to support economic and political markets and to provide a voice for the disenfranchised. To this end, it draws together the views of academics as well as perspectives from those on the front line-journalists themselves. 2013-08-20T16:57:54Z 2013-08-20T16:57:54Z 2002 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2055806/right-tell-role-mass-media-economic-development 0-8213-5203-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15212 English en_US WBI Development Studies; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication |
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A free press is not a luxury. It is at
the core of equitable development. The media can expose
corruption. They can keep a check on public policy by
throwing a spotlight on government action. They let people
voice diverse opinions on governance and reform, and help
build public consensus to bring about change. Such media
help markets work better. They can facilitate trade,
transmitting ideas and innovation across boundaries. The
media are also important for human development, bringing
health and education information to remote villages in
countries from Uganda to Nicaragua. But as experience has
shown, the independence of the media can be fragile and
easily compromised. It is clear that to support development,
media need the right environment-in terms of freedoms,
capacities, and checks and balances. The World Development
Report 2002, "Building Institutions for Markets (rep.
no. 22825)," devoted a chapter to the role of the media
in development. This volume is an extension of that work. It
discusses how media affects development outcomes under
different circumstances and presents evidence on what policy
environment is needed to enable the media to support
economic and political markets and to provide a voice for
the disenfranchised. To this end, it draws together the
views of academics as well as perspectives from those on the
front line-journalists themselves. |
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The Right to Tell : The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development |
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The Right to Tell : The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development |
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The Right to Tell : The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development |
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The Right to Tell : The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development |
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The Right to Tell : The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development |
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right to tell : the role of mass media in economic development |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2055806/right-tell-role-mass-media-economic-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15212 |
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