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Recommended Reading


Readers interested in more information are referred to the FAO/IDRC Guidelines on Communication for Development that complement this publication.

Bessette, G. 2003. From information dissemination to community participation. A facilitator's guide? to participatory development communication. Penang: Southbound, and Ottawa: IDRC.

Borrini-Feyerabend, G.; 1996. Collaborative management of protected areas: Tailoring the approach to the context. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Coldevin, G. & FAO, 2003. "Participatory Communication: A Key to Rural Learning Systems". Rome: FAO.

FAO. 1992. Sharing knowledge: Communication for sustainable development. VHS Video. Rome: FAO.

FAO. 1989. Guidelines on Communication for Rural Development: A brief for development planners and project formulators. Rome: FAO.

Fraser, C. and Restrepo-Estrada, S. 1998. Communicating for development: Human change for survival. London and New York: I.B. Taurus Publishers.

Fraser, C. 1996. Communication for rural development in Mexico - in good times and in bad. Rome: FAO.

Gumucio-Dagrón, A. (ed). 2001. Making waves. Washington: Rockefeller Foundation.

Röling, N.G. 1994. Communication support for sustainable natural resource management. Special issue: Knowledge is power? The use and abuse of information in development. IDS Bulletin 25 (2): 125-133.

White, S.A. (ed). 2003. Participatory Video: Images that Transform and Empower. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Recommended Websites:

DevMedia: Media for development and democracy [www.devmedia.org]

FAO Communication for Development [www.fao.org/sd/KN1_en.htm]

The Communication Inititative [www.comminit.com]

Training Programmes:

Malmö University, Sweden [http://www.k3.mah.se/ComDev/index.htm]

Isang Bagsak: A distance learning and networking program in participatory development communication [http://www.isangbagsak.org/pages/intro.html]

University of the Philippines at los Baños [http://www.uplb.edu.ph/academics/schools/gs/dp_devcom.html]


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