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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1978
This document is comprised of the hearing and briefing on International Women's issues before the Subcommittees on International Organizations and International Development of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, 95th Congress. The purpose of the joint session was to explore the administration's request for the…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Committees, Development, Federal Legislation
de Siqueira, Angela C. – 2002
Since the 1960s, the World Bank has been involved in educational policy around the world. Applying a human capital theory/manpower forecasting approach, the World Bank has focused on the infrastructure, that is, buildings and equipment, in vocational and higher education. At the same time, the power and influence of UNICEF and UNESCO, the main…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Nurkse, Dennis, Ed.; Castelle, Kay, Ed. – 1990
The global situation of children is reported in light of the U.N. General Assembly's November, 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international treaty for the protection of children. The report is divided into three parts, the first of which includes an overview of the U.N. Convention, and essays on the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Welfare