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Blackwell, James E. – Community Develop J, 1969
The Village Development Project, in operation in Nepal from 1952 until 1959, was less than successful in its total effect because of competition between U.S. and Indian foreign aid programs and the unfamiliarity of village development workers with rural life. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Development, Developing Nations, Personnel
Manandhar, P. K.; And Others – Development Communication Report, 1982
Eight articles on various aspects of communications in developing countries make up this newsletter issue: (1) "Extension and Communications in Nepal: Reforestation Program Uses Media Support" by P. K. Manandhar, E. Pelinck, and R. H. Gecolea; (2) "Using Puppets to Teach Ideas. 'Khel Dori Ka', an Audiovisual with Puppets from…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communications, Community Development, Developing Nations
Wazir, Rekha; van Oudenhoven, Nico; Ageros, Bengt, Ed. – 1997
This report explores the partnerships between local development organizations and Redd Barna (RB), a Norwegian development organization engaged in child-centered development work in Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Chapter 1 of the report introduces the concept of partnership as viewed from donor and recipient perspectives, describes the…
Descriptors: Children, Community Development, Cultural Influences, Developed Nations

Fussell, D.; Quarmby, A. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
Calling study-service a kind of nonformal education with potential to generate other kinds of nonformal education, the author describes Nepal's National Development Service to explain this scheme in developing countries. All degree-level university students must complete a year of community development service in rural areas before their final…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Services, Developing Nations, Dropouts
World Education, Inc., Boston, MA. – 1989
World Education, with a small grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, began an experimental pilot project in nonformal education at a university research center, a pilot project that eventually became the Government of Nepal's national literacy program. The program evolved gradually over 12 years (1977-89) and was molded in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Community Development
National Education Committee, Kathmandu (Nepal). – 1978
The 1971-76 National Education System Plan to modernize education in Nepal and the 1975-1980 Fifth Plan of His Majesty's Government, emphasizing vocational education to meet the country's technical manpower needs, are attempts to make education relevant to the needs and aspirations of Nepal by linking education with productive enterprise and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Affective Objectives, Community Development, Developing Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1986
Papers designed to help build multidisciplinary training networks for rural development are collected in this document, an outgrowth of a regional training workshop attended by participants from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand, and India. The six papers deal with the objectives of the workshop which were to:…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Cooperative Programs, Developing Nations
Rivera, William M., Comp.; Walker, Sharon M., Comp. – 1985
The 48 papers in this proceedings focus on aspects of non-formal adult education including international comparative adult education. The papers are: "Lifelong Learning in Perspective" (Knox); "Women in their Thirties: The In-Between Generation" (Caffarella, Freeman); "Development in Women: An Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Aging (Individuals)
Robinson-Pant, Anna – 2000
The processes by which women living in rural areas of Nepal acquire literacy and deploy it for their own purposes were examined in an exploration of the diverse perspectives of policymakers, fieldworkers, and participants in gender, literacy, and development. The study combined ethnography with a research methodology called participatory rural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies