Home
SubscribeMedia Sustainability Index (MSI) - Europe and Eurasia
MSI Europe & Eurasia 2009
This publication was made possible through support provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement No. DGS-A-00-99-00015-00 US Agency for International Development (USAID)
The Development of Sustainable Media in Europe and Eurasia
E-mail this page
PDF Downloads- Acknowledgements and Disclaimers
- Introduction
- Executive Summary
MSI Europe & Eurasia Scores Past and Present- Methodology
- Country Studies in HTML
- Order a hard copy
Please provide name, full mailing address, region(s), MSI publication year, and quantity
Introduction
I am pleased to introduce the Media Sustainability Index (MSI) 2009. The MSI provides an analysis of the media environment in 21 countries of Europe and Eurasia during 2008 and also shows trends in the media sector since 2001. The MSI was first conceived in 2000 and launched in 2001, in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Read Full Introduction
Executive Summary
The 2009 edition of the Europe and Eurasia Media Sustainability Index (MSI) reveals a mixture of progress and regression in the region. On the one hand, measures for business management were mostly up compared to last year; on the other, additional countries joined the ranks of those showing deteriorating scores since the baseline study in 2001. The Southeastern Europe and Caucasus sub-regions suffered losses overall, while Russia and Western Eurasia gained, as did Central Asia to a certain degree. Read Full Summary