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Is a Free Media Essential for Development?

The panel debates whether Western democracies have a better track record on press freedom

Stephen Sackur host the World Debate from Rome at the World Congress asking: is a free media essential for development? Do rich, Western democracies have a better track record on press freedom? The panel includes Hilda Johnson, senior advisor to the president of the African Development Bank; Anwar Ibrahim, former deputy prime minister of Malaysia; Daniel Kauffman, director at the World Bank Institute; Kumi Naidoo, secretary general for Civicas; and Tony Iradia, director general at the Nigerian Television Authority.

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27 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project