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Realities of participatory community-based environmental rehabilitation projects: a case study of soil erosion countermeasures in western Kenya 参与性社区环境恢复项目的现实:肯尼亚西部土壤侵蚀对策案例研究

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-15 DOI: 10.4314/jdcs.v6i1

Y. Yamane

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引用次数: 0

‘Last seen now’: Explaining teenage identities and social capital on social network sites in Kenya “最后一次露面”:解释肯尼亚社交网站上的青少年身份和社会资本

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-15 DOI: 10.4314/JDCS.V6I1.2

Geoffrey Sikolia, H. Mberia

引用次数: 2

Determinants of adoption of open defecation-free (ODF) innovations: A case study of Nadowli-Kaleo district, Ghana 采用无露天排便(ODF)创新的决定因素:加纳Nadowli-Kaleo地区的案例研究

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.4314/jdcs.v5i2.4

Amin Alhassan, B. K. Anyarayor

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引用次数: 12

Reflection Paper: uMunthu and the Decolonising of Education in Malawi 反思文件:uMunthu与马拉维教育的非殖民化

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.4314/JDCS.V5I2.1

A. C. Musopole

引用次数: 4

Community Access and Participation in Community Radio Broadcast: Case of Radio Gaakii, Ghana 社区获取和参与社区无线电广播:以加纳Gaakii电台为例

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.4314/JDCS.V5I2.6

Amadu Mohammed Faisal, Amin Alhassan

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引用次数: 8

Content of Vernacular Radio Stations Programs and Public Participation in Devolved Governance in Nyeri County, Kenya 肯尼亚尼耶里县地方广播电台节目内容与公众参与权力下放治理

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.4314/JDCS.V5I2.5

D. W. Mwangi, C. Biwott, D. Gichuhi

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引用次数: 3

Journalism education and training in Malawi: A case for a national policy 马拉维的新闻教育和培训:国家政策的案例

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.4314/jdcs.v5i2.3

L. Manda

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引用次数: 1

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Infant and Young Child Feeding: A Comparative Study of Radio Listening Club Members and Non-Members of Mudzi Wathu Community Radio in Mchinji District, Malawi 婴幼儿喂养的知识、态度与实践:马拉维Mchinji地区Mudzi Wathu社区广播电台收听俱乐部会员与非会员的比较研究

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 2018-07-16 DOI: 10.4314/JDCS.V5I2.2

Frank B. Msiska, B. Mtimuni, O. Kabambe, Japhet Ezra July Mchakulu

引用次数: 1

Mediated political participation and competing discourses of online civic engagement 中介政治参与和在线公民参与的竞争话语

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/jdcs.v6i1.3

Philip Onguny

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引用次数: 1

SME development policies of Tanzania and Rwanda: comparability of policy presentation on focus, significance, challenges and participation 坦桑尼亚和卢旺达中小企业发展政策:政策表现的可比性:重点、意义、挑战和参与

Journal of Development and Communication Studies Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/jdcs.v6i1.1

F. J. Gamba

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引用次数: 5