The shifting ideological winds of foreign aid donors have driven their policy towards governments in poor countries. Donors supported state-led development policies in poor countries from the 1940s to the 1970s; market and private-sector driven reforms during the 1980s and 1990s; and returned their attention to the state with an emphasis on…

A decade has passed since participants in the World Education Forum committed themselves to achieve, by 2015, the six Education for All (EFA) goals under the Dakar Framework for Action. Despite significant progress, some of the goals are likely to be missed by a large margin. Besides the absence of a well co-ordinated multi-donor approach in…

The Education for All Fast Track Initiative (FTI) was launched by the World Bank in 2002 as a global initiative to help low income countries accelerate progress towards the MDG target of universal primary education by 2015. Over the past decade, the FTI has expanded to become one of the most important initiatives to emerge out of the Dakar World…

This report presents the results of a pilot survey on aid effectiveness indicators in the education sector carried out by the Education for All--Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) Secretariat. The covers 10 FTI-endorsed countries: Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Rwanda. All…

Reasons why U.S. foreign aid fails to alleviate hunger and poverty are discussed and a solution to the problem is presented. The United States now channels more foreign aid than ever to the world's poor and hungry through the Agency for International Development, food aid programs, the World Bank, and other multilateral aid agencies, which report…

This survey presents the scope of the program of the Agency for International Development in the field of educational assistance to certain developing countries. It revises and updates previous surveys completed annually since 1966. Project assistance is grouped by geographic region, country, and project title, including (1) East Asia, (2) Near…

The world scope of assistance to developing countries and Australia's official contribution are reviewed, the part of Australia's contribution affecting higher education is described, and some administrative issues resulting from expanding developmental assistance programs in higher education are outlined. (MSE)

This international directory lists aid given to developing countries by non-governmental, non-profit organizations of countries other than the United States. This reference thus complements "U.S. Non-Profit Organisations in Technical Assistance." Included are organizations which are wholly subsidized by governments or by government…

Describes the cost advantages of air transportation over road, rail, and river transportation in many circumstances which prevail today in developing countries. Presents accounts of International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO's) efforts supporting civil aviation programs in these countries. (DS)

Discusses the financing of Third World media projects that are designed for development, and reports on five main sources of funding--government sources, international agencies, advertising sales, private local support, and self-support. (Author/JEG)

A survey is presented of the scope of the program of the Agency for International Development in the field of educational assistance to certain developing countries. The survey revises and updates previous surveys completed annually since 1966. The regions of the world in which A.I.D. operates--Africa, the Near East and South Asia, Latin America,…

This annual report for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) details the programs and services provided by this organization in 1992-93. Following an introduction by UNICEF's executive director, the report briefly reviews UNICEF activities for 1992, then describes specific projects in the following areas: (1) child survival and development;…

This conference was the 11th in a series of conferences attended by Vice-Chancellors from developing countries. This report presents: (1) summaries of the program discussions (centering around aid policy and machinery), and the progress, problems and needs of overseas universities; (2) a review of the Canadian, American, British, and West European…

The legal exchange field is shifting away from business law to the relationship of law to social, economic and political development. (Editor/IR)

Problems of rural development in less developed countries and ways of organizing a foreign aid program are examined. (MF)