Community Social Radio Impact Assessment: Removing Barriers, Increasing Effectiveness

 This book brings together the principal findings, reflections, lines of action and
documentation arising from the global assessment of Community Radio (CR)
conducted by the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
in 2006 entitled “Community Radio Impact Assessment: Removing Barriers,
Increasing Effectiveness”.1 This overview is a synthesis of the key findings of the
AMARC evaluation process. The reader can also consult http://www.amarc.org
for further information.

The Goal of CR impact assessment was to contribute to the reduction of poverty
by highlighting the barriers that hinder Community Radio (CR) social impact and
seek to better define the interventions that can increase the effectiveness of
community radio sector and of AMARC in achieving social and development
goals.