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Bruton, John M. – Journal of Management Education, 2008
The Community and Individual Development Association (CIDA) City Campus is presented by Heaton as an innovative African alternative to traditional business education. However, he considers the model in isolation from the unique educational and economic circumstances of postapartheid South Africa. As a response, this article goes beyond the CIDA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Developing Nations
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Ray, Dennis M. – Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Change, 1992
Examines the alternative meaning of economic development in an urban context and attempts to link the literature on community development in North America to concepts about economic development in developing countries. Looks at five strategies of community-based economic development, emphasizing internationalization of development policy. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
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Anyanwu, C. N. – Community Development Journal, 1988
Argues that community development is an appropriate arena for using participatory research techniques, since community development depends strongly on citizen involvement. Features a case study of use of the participatory research technique in a project aimed at attacking rural poverty in Nigeria. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developing Nations
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Mulder, Lambert H. – Community Development Journal, 1991
In Western countries, community work is often carried out without attention to comparable activities in developing societies. There is a need for collaboration and exchange, and practices must be changed to accommodate them. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Development, Cooperative Planning, Developing Nations
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Atampugre, Nicholas – Community Development Journal, 1998
Compares attempts at community development in Nigeria under English and French colonialism with postcolonial grass-roots efforts up to the post-cold war era. Suggests the need to rethink the structure and role of the state in society. (SK)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Community Development, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
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Hayes, Susan E. – Community Development Journal, 1981
Attempts to discover how and why community development has been used in the past, and to formulate some ideas on prospects for community development in the future. (CT)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developing Nations
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Vergara, Ricardo – Community Development Journal, 1994
Nongovernmental organizations in developing countries tend to depoliticize citizens. They must change their perception of their role, stop portraying themselves as nonaccountable, stop creating community businesses that do not incorporate the market, and admit a role for private industry. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Democracy, Developing Nations, Economic Development
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De'Ath, Colin – International Social Science Journal, 1982
A social impact assessment (SIA) should accompany plans for land development in developing nations. An SIA team should maintain an ongoing relationship with the community and attempt to implement recommendations. (KC)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Planning, Developing Nations, Land Use
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Short, Joseph – Harvard Educational Review, 1985
The author introduces the concept of development education as a response to what he calls the "morally unacceptable fact of poverty, inequality, and human misery amidst the plentiful resources of the world." He describes the work of Oxfam America, which operates in the Third World to improve living conditions while promoting community…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Learning Strategies, Living Standards
Rogers, Alan – Adults Learning (England), 1992
Using the example of evaluation in development programs, the author presents arguments for improving evaluation in adult education, including objective achievement, foreseen and unforeseen outcomes, and contributions to community development. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
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Uphoff, Norman – Community Development Journal, 1991
Outlines the participatory self-evaluation methods of the People's Participation Programme of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Benefits, six steps for introducing the method, and problems of language, comparability of numbers, and objectivity are described. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Developing Nations, Evaluation Methods
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Smyth, John – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 1999
Discusses recent experiences in developing and implementing strategies for education consistent with the concept of sustainable development at two different levels: (1) the international level characterized by Agenda 21 along with the efforts of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development to foster its progress; and (2) the national…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Ecology, Educational Change
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Rahnema, Majid – International Social Science Journal, 1988
Explores different ways of perceiving phenomena in micro-spaces that are essential to the understanding of reality. Specifically, analyzes the various manifestations of power within micro and macro spaces. Also discusses micro-macro relationships from a holistic perspective, and looks at problems of grass roots communities in their search for…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Local Issues
Anderson, Keith – Media in Education and Development, 1988
Discusses the use of participatory video in rural underdeveloped countries and describes a video project in Costa Rica that helped farmers with agricultural management and soil erosion problems. Video production considerations are described, and the use of role playing to supplement documentation is explained. (four references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Developing Nations, Farmers
Cabarle, Bruce J. – Grassroots Development, 1991
Community forestry is an approach to forest management that could protect the environment while benefiting the rural poor by restoring local control of natural resources. Three interrelated issues must be addressed: land and resource tenure, development of local organizational and management skills, and adapting technology for sustainable…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Resources, Conservation (Environment)
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