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MAGIC RADIO
The FM Revolution in Niger
written and directed by Luc Peter and Stéphanie Barbey
In Niger, where more than 80% of the population is illiterate, radio is the main
means of mass communication. Simple yet reliable, the radio is everywhere?in
the streets, homes, and the bush. It entertains, educates, informs, and helps
provide a check on power. Today, through the radio waves, the citizens of Niger
seize the microphone and taste democracy. It is revolution FM.
Screened in French with English subtitles
Click here for more about radio's impact on capacity development in Niger
Thursday, April 3, 2008
12:00pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
(701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)
For non Bank staff, please RSVP by sending an email to
infoshopevents@worldbank.org
DISCUSSED BY
Mark Nelson
Program Manager, World Bank Institute
Mr. Nelson is program leader for governance diagnostics work at the World Bank
Institute. Before his current position, he was team leader of WBI?s European
office, where he focused on governance issues, including the role of the media
and other external accountability institutions in fostering good governance and
development. From 1985 through 1996, Mr. Nelson was European diplomatic
correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, where he covered the negotiations
leading to the Maastricht Treaty, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of
the Soviet Union and the war in Bosnia. From 1992 to 1993, he was a senior
associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he
co-directed a major study on U.S.-European relations and wrote extensively on
the Bosnian war and other subjects for newspapers and scholarly journals.
Kreszentia Duer
New Business Development Leader, World Bank Institute
Ms. Duer manages the World Bank Institute?s technical assistance program to
strengthen policies, institutions, and capacities for Civic Engagement,
Empowerment, and Respect for Diversity (CEERD) in developing countries. Her
thirty years of experience in the World Bank includes leadership and management
of country and sector programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern
Europe, in community driven development, rural and urban development, and
environment; and innovation in cultural industries and intellectual property
rights, education, governance and accountability, broadcasting policy and
telecommunications. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal,
Policy Sciences; co-editor of Promoting Social Cohesion through Education (World
Bank, 2006), and co-author of Broadcasting, Voice and Accountability: A Public
Interest Approach to Policy, Law and Regulation (World Bank, 2008).
Ajay Tejasvi
Program Coordinator, World Bank Institute
Mr. Tejasvi works at the World Bank Institute's Capacity Development Resource
Center and is involved in a variety of knowledge management and knowledge
generation efforts. He is co-author of the Capacity Development Brief on the FM
revolution in Niger and is involved in governance and capacity development
initiatives.
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