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Hartman, William – Social Education, 1992
Discusses the economic situation in the non-Arab nations of Africa. Presents two opposing views of the efforts of the World Bank at adjusting the financial programs of governments of developing countries. Suggests that perhaps with cooperation the cycle of poverty and disease can be broken in Africa. (DK)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economic Development, Economic Progress
Baldwin, Harriet, Ed.; Rosen, Carol, Ed. – 1986
This World Bank (Washington, D.C.) kit is designed to teach secondary school social studies students the impact of rapid urbanization on Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. The kit contains a pamphlet, a booklet, a filmstrip, and a teacher's guide. The pamphlet, "An Economic Summary of Indonesia" provides students with the structure,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Curriculum Enrichment, Developing Nations
Mensing, Friedhelm – 1987
In order to adapt new technologies and special processes to the particular conditions of developing nations, the German Appropriate Technology Exchange (GATE) was established in 1978 within the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ). This document traces the major aspects of cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and its…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Progress
Walker, Brian W. – 1985
One in a series of booklets whose purpose is to stimulate greater and more effective understanding of world affairs among Americans, this five-chapter report explores Africa's attempts to lay the developmental foundations of a prosperous, modern economy shaped and molded to the cultural norms of the African people. Four central points addressed…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Change
Adams, Arvil V.; And Others – Prospects, 1992
Presents a World Bank policy paper on vocational and technical education and training. Reviews the performance of vocational and technical education in both developed and developing nations. Provides four recommendations for donors who might wish to assist countries in meeting skill needs. (CFR)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Progress, Educational Finance
Foster, Phillip – Prospects, 1992
Comments on the World Bank's policy paper on vocational and technical education and training. Argues that past failures in establishing effective vocational and technical education were a result of not applying conventional neoclassical economic theory. Asserts that the World Bank's policy paper corrects this approach. (CFR)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Colonialism, Developing Nations, Economic Factors