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Miniclier, Louis – Community Develop J, 1969
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Policy
Hapgood, David; Bennett, Meridan – 1968
A critical evaluation of the Peace Corps covers a broad range of ideas and events, including the consequences of United States intervention in the affairs of others, the theory and practice of teaching in other cultures, the difficulties of food production and nutrition, and the problems of birth control and public health. There is also a…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Change Agents, Community Development, Developing Nations
Download full textWazir, Rekha; van Oudenhoven, Nico – 1998
There is an increasing tendency on the part of international development players to redefine their relationships as "partnerships." This paper explores the concept of development partnerships, particularly those formed for the benefit of children. A discussion of the differences in the context, form and substance of the discourses and settings in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development
van Oudenhoven, Nico; Wazir, Rekha – 1998
This paper reviews the key issues and methodologies involved in the replication of social programs, as they pertain to non-profit sector development in the United States and in international development. The related process of knowledge transfer and dissemination, as well as the more specific strategies involved in replication and going-to-scale…
Descriptors: Children, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Harris, Christopher – 1985
In this paper, two major schools of thought regarding disaster and disaster assistance are identified and examined in order to bring to light their underlying assumptions about assistance and development in the Third World. The first section discusses the context of the problem, citing figures and presenting charts to illustrate the scope and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Earthquakes, Ecological Factors
Pinkau, Irene – 1979
The scope of Western development service organizations includes acting as employment organizations assuring work experience; educational organizations building skills and knowledge; and nonelitist participatory organizations promoting citizen involvement. The organizations provide the following general kinds of services: (1) training and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Citizen Participation, Community Development
Neff, Kenneth L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
In recent years there has been a marked increase in the output of literature linking economics with education. In the past, most of the professional literature in this area dealt either with educational finance (the economics of education) or, in a general way, with the role of education in economic development. Current literature continues to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Human Capital, Role of Education
