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Handy, Marla – 1986
This manual is intended to guide development workers in their efforts to support women's enterprise development. Part I, A Framework for Women's Enterprise Development, provides a brief overview of women's changing economic situation, assistance for enterprise development, and the issues an individual development worker must consider. Part II…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Employed Women
World Bank, Washington, DC. – 1995
"The Development Data Book," published by the World Bank presents statistics on countries with populations of more than one million. The statistics relate to economic development and the changes it is bringing about in the world. Sometimes called indicators, the statistics are measures of social and economic conditions in developing and industrial…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Development, Economic Change
Brown Univ., Providence, RI. Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Inst. for International Studies. – 1995
This booklet presents an overview of the development of U.S. foreign aid and arguments on the several sides of the issue to enable citizens to think constructively about foreign policy issues and more effectively participate in citizenship debate. The purpose of the booklet is to provide background information for a debate forum on the issue. The…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Diplomatic History, Economic Development, Foreign Policy
Vittitow, Dick; Elster, Jan – 1985
This manual provides a variety of Peace Corps trainers with a training model that deals with work-related frustrations of volunteers. Materials are designed specifically to address the need for training volunteers in the subtleties of working with host country bureaucracies and counterparts. Although intended for inservice training, the materials…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bureaucracy, Cooperation, Developing Nations
Timberlake, Lloyd – 1987
Depicting how people in nine countries can improve their lives while living within their environmental means is the primary aim of this book. Chapter 1 highlights the division of earth's people into the haves and the have nots and describes the inequity of so few having so much of the available resources. Chapter 2 examines the problem of how…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Development, Economic Development, Environment
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1986
This handbook is designed to help Peace Corps programmers in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating projects. The first four chapters describe the development process, discuss the purpose and mission of the Peace Corps, provide an overview of Peace Corps programming, and list project criteria. The next 19 chapters present the following…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Federal Programs, Goal Orientation
Elster, Jan; And Others – 1985
This manual contains 32 hours of training to provide Peace Corps trainees with background for their role as volunteers in the development of another country. Section 1 is a guide for trainers that provides an overview of the content and methodologies used in the manual and a collection of information on training techniques. Section 2 is a brief…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Shefsky, Mary Lou; Thompson, Daniel – 1985
This manual is designed to provide Peace Corps staff with materials that can be used in the inservice training of volunteers. It addresses areas outside the realm of the volunteer's technical job assignment, areas that are directly related to a volunteer's effectiveness on the job. The manual assumes that inservice training will take place 6-12…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Evaluation, Federal Programs
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi (Kenya). – 1987
One of the main activities assigned to the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is to review the world environmental situation to insure that emerging environmental problems of wide international significance receive appropriate and adequate consideration by governments. Accordingly, UNEP has assessed the state of…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Air Pollution, Annual Reports, Ecological Factors
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1986
This manual is intended for use by Peace Corps staff members and/or trainers contracted to facilitate the close of service (COS) workshop, the purpose of which is to help volunteers make the transition from the host country back to the United States. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the COS workshop. Chapter 2 is a trainer reference. It helps the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Career Planning
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi (Kenya). – 1986
People depend for their well-being on the health of the societies in which they live. This report aims to show that the achievement of sustained development, the promotion of health, and the rational use of environmental resources are absolutely inseparable. Chapter I, "Health Effects of Human Activities With Environmental Consequences,"…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annual Reports, Diseases, Ecological Factors
Crozier, Carl – 1986
This guide provides agricultural extensionists with basic information that will help them design plans for the conservation of soils and the management of water runoff in specific agricultural plots. It is based on experiences with small hillside farms in Honduras and takes into account the resources and constraints commonly encountered there.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Conservation Education
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1987
This manual is designed primarily to assist Education Peace Corps Volunteers undertake community projects in addition to their primary job assignment. Chapter 1 discusses the factors that determine the measure of success of the project. The process, not the product, is emphasized. Chapter 2 on situational analysis outlines areas of investigation…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Development, Economic Development
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Elbow, Gary S. – Journal of Geography, 1997
Evaluates the prospects of success for the newly formed Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Concerned about environmental quality, challenges to international trade, and shifting political alliances, the ACS was formed to facilitate international cooperation among the Caribbean states. Discusses past efforts and current obstacles concerning…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Pluralism, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Murphy, Elaine M. – Interchange, 1984
Student and teacher materials are provided for a secondary unit on world hunger. The student materials are contained in a module entitled "Food and Population: A Global Concern," distributed with the newsletter "Interchange." The teacher materials are contained in the issue of the newsletter itself, subtitled "The Paradoxes of World Hunger." A…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Developed Nations