Inogaki, Nobuya2012-05-312012-05-312007978-0-8213-7167-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6728The UN Millennium Development Goals call for not only greater financial commitment in international assistance programs but also innovative strategies to tackle the serious economic, health, education, and other basic human rights problems in the developing world. This paper is organized as follows: Chapter 2 is an overview of key theoretical models of development communication. Chapter 3 describes the characteristic patterns of recent empirical studies in development communication in terms of theoretical models and types of communication strategies. Chapter 4 presents some outstanding evidence of the impacts of communication on development initiatives. Chapter 5 discusses weak spots in the evidence. The concluding chapter will make suggestions for further research by drawing attention to the theoretical, methodological and empirical gaps in the existing academic research in development communication.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONACADEMIC RESEARCHADVERTISINGBACKBONESBEHAVIORSBILLBOARDSBOUNDARIESBROADCASTBROADCASTSBUSINESS INFORMATIONBUSINESSESCAPABILITIESCAPABILITYCAPABILITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDINGCATALOGINGCHANGE AGENTSCHILDBIRTHCLINICSCOLLABORATIONCOMMUNICATION ACTIVITIESCOMMUNICATION ASPECTSCOMMUNICATION METHODSCOMMUNICATION PROCESSESCOMMUNICATION RESEARCHCOMMUNICATION SPECIALISTSCOMMUNICATION STRATEGIESCOMMUNICATION STRATEGYCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMMUNITY MEMBERSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONDOMSCONFERENCESCONSENSUS BUILDINGCOPYRIGHTCORRESPONDENCECRITICAL THINKINGDIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONSDISCUSSIONDISCUSSION GROUPSDISCUSSIONSDOCUMENTSDOMAINDOMAINSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTELITESENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESEXPERT INDIVIDUALSFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFLOW OF INFORMATIONGROUP COMMUNICATIONHAZARDSHEALTH BELIEF MODELSHEALTH BELIEFSHEALTH CAREHEALTH MESSAGESHEALTH PROMOTIONHUMAN RESOURCESHYPOTHESIS TESTINGICTIDEAIDEASIMAGEINDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGEINFORMAL COMMUNICATIONINFORMATION EXCHANGESINFORMATION FLOWINFORMATION FLOWSINFORMATION NETWORKSINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINNOVATIONINNOVATIONSINSIGHTSINTEGRATIONINTERFACEINTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONINTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONSINTERVENTIONISBNISSNKNOWLEDGE ACQUISITIONKNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENTKNOWLEDGE RESOURCESLEADINGLEARNINGLEARNING ACTIVITIESLETTERSLEVELS OF PARTICIPATIONLICENSESLITERACYLITERATUREMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMARKET REACHMASS MEDIAMATERIALMEDIAMEDICINEMORTALITYNATURAL RESOURCENEW MARKETSPARTICIPATORY APPROACHPARTICIPATORY METHODSPARTICIPATORY TECHNIQUESPEDAGOGYPEER EDUCATIONPEER-TO-PEERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONPOLITICAL LEADERSHIPPOLLUTIONPRACTITIONERSPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPRINTINGPROGRAMSPUBLICITYPUBLISHINGQUALITY INFORMATIONQUERIESRADIORESEARCH CENTERSRESEARCH DESIGNRESEARCH DESIGNSRESEARCH FOCUSRESULTRESULTSSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGESCIENTISTSSENIOR CITIZENSSERIALSSERVICE PROVIDERSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL INTERACTIONSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL LEARNINGSOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIAL RELATIONSSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL SUPPORTSTRATEGIC VALUESSUPERVISIONTECHNICAL KNOWLEDGETELEPHONETELEPHONE SERVICETELEVISIONTRAINING WORKSHOPSTRANSMISSIONTYPE OF PARTICIPATIONTYPES OF KNOWLEDGEUNDERDEVELOPMENTUSAGE LEVELUSESVARIETYVIOLENCEWEBWEB SITEWORKERSWORKING RELATIONSHIPSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7167-1