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Accra: The big tent approach to development ends in agreement – and information is one of the big winners

07/10/08

Following the Accra High Level forum this year, and a BBC World Debate on this issues that unfolded, this author argues that information lies right at the heart of this new development agenda. “It’s possible that the development community is beginning to catch up with what many in information and communications have been saying for years – people can’t be involved in their own development unless they have access to information and a means to communicate” Read the article

James Deane, Accra: The big tent approach to development ends in agreement – and information is one of the big winners, Communication Initiative, 19 September 2008

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