Social Accountability and Public Voice through Community Radio Programming

Empowerment of the poor and social accountability have become core values of decentralization and democratization processes around the world, and are key to effective poverty reduction. Access to information and means to report and comment on issues of local interest are recognized as critical enablers for empowerment and social accountability. Mechanisms that promote accountability on the part of public institutions (supply side in terms of horizontal accountability) as well as mechanisms that promote governments being held accountable by civil society (demand side in terms of social and vertical accountability) are both essential for achieving effective sustainable development outcomes. Most communications initiatives supported by the World Bank and other donors have focused primarily on the supply side of accountability and not on strengthening the demand side through actions that enable the poor and civil society organizations (CSOs) to create and effectively utilize spaces for public voice and community mobilization. The poor have limited influence in the production of information and limited access to channels of communication in most countries borrowing from the World Bank. This condition is reflected in two areas: the concentration on ownership of key media institutions and asymmetric access to mediums of communication.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-04
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES, RADIO PROGRAMS, EMPOWERMENT APPROACH, DEMOCRATIZATION, DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT, POVERTY REDUCTION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, SOCIAL ASPECTS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNANCE, DONOR ASSISTANCE, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATION, BORROWING ACCESS, ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY WORK, BENEFICIARIES, BROADCAST, BROADCASTING, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZENS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, COLLECTIVE ACTION, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION, COMMUNITY RADIO, COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, COMPONENTS, CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, CREDIBILITY, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENABLING ENVIRONMENT, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION, GOVERNANCE CRISIS, GRASSROOTS MEDIA, HUMAN RIGHTS, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, LEARNING, LOCAL GOVERNANCE, LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROJECT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, MASS MEDIA, MEDIA, MOBILIZATION, OPENNESS, PROGRAMMING, PUBLIC DEBATE, PUBLIC INTEREST, PUBLIC POLICIES, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC VOICE, RADIO, RADIO BROADCASTERS, RADIO DEVELOPMENT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STAKEHOLDERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSPARENCY, VERTICAL ACCOUNTABILITY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2863219/social-accountability-public-voice-through-community-radio-programming http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11301
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