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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1974
This catalog, a result of the program of Unesco's Adult Education Division to set up an information system in the field of adult education, contains a print-out of the computer-stored data on the Third World Conference on Adult Education - national reports, working papers, and the final report. A computer-compiled index directs the user to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Information Systems
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, New York, NY. Latin American Centre for Economic and Social Documentation (CLADES). – 1971
The developing countries and international agencies which possess limited human, financial and technical resources cannot hope to solve the information problems by methods similar to those of the more affluent countries. For them the solution probably lies in the establishment of co-ordinating centers for information and documentation at the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Albertus, Ursula – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1981
To provide an understanding of the General Information Programme in promoting and assisting the development of information systems and services at national, regional, and international levels, this article briefly describes the organization and characteristics of PGI's work programs, as well as specific applications in Latin America and the…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Services, Information Systems, International Programs
International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This working paper briefly reviews the history of the information activities of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) from its first consultative meeting in 1971 to the adoption in 1977 of Recommendation 71, which calls for the development of a worldwide information network in education based on the active participation of regional and…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Networks, Information Systems
Ximena, Feliu S. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1981
Deals with conceptualization of problems of information, the empirical results obtained in the program of action launched by the Centro Latinoamericano de Documentacion Economica y Social (CLADES), and the proposal to establish interorganizational cooperation and coordination to draw up a regional plan for information development. A 17-item…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Documentation, Information Processing, Information Systems
International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This document provides a broad description of the different documentation and information activities developed by the Education Sector of Unesco, including those undertaken at headquarters, regional offices, and other units of the sector, with the exception of the International Bureau of Education (IBE). A recent decision to reorganize the largely…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Cole, John Y., Ed. – 1981
Improvement of the two-way flow of information between the East-Pacific Region and the United States was the unifying theme of a seminar conducted by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and attended by representatives of 12 east Asian and Pacific countries at which this collection of five papers was presented. The papers address…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Copyrights, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination
Kaungamno, E. E. – 1980
This paper discusses the role of information in national development, addressing such issues as for whom and for what purposes information is needed in developing countries, the impact of the information explosion on the Third World, and the problems inherent in current national and international information infrastructures. A series of statements…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Documentation, Information Dissemination
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1985
Developing countries are becoming increasingly aware of the fact that specialized information is essential to their economic and social development, and that it is an indispensable factor in the rational use of natural resources, the development of human resources, scientific and technological advancement, and progress in agriculture, industry,…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Needs, Information Science

Grayson, Lawrence P. – Science, 1970
Discusses educational use of communications satellites by developing nations. Various ways of utilizing telecommunications and information systems are viewed as means to assist attainment of potential international educational, economic and social growth. (JM)
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Educational Radio
Ford, Geoffrey, Ed. – 1978
The survey methodology outlined in these guidelines is aimed at helping the professional planner in a developing nation to anticipate user information needs for the population as a whole according to the particular characteristics of his own country. Part of the initial planning and design of a national information system, such a survey must be…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Needs, Information Services, Information Systems
Poncelet, J. – 1980
This guide describes the components of a selective dissemination of information (SDI) service which is designed to give developing countries access to international sources of bibliographic information and provides guidelines for the establishment and evaluation of this type of service. It defines the main features of a computerized documentation…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Programs, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). International Advisory Committee for Out-of-School Education. – 1973
In an opening address, the Assistant Director-General for Education surveys the problems that new trends in adult education have presented to UNESCO--to integrate more closely adult education activities, to work towards more systematic co-ordination at the international level, and to establish a world-wide documentation network and improved…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Developing Nations, Educational Planning
Roberts, Kenneth H. – 1981
Formed by a merger of two existing UNESCO programs--NATIS and UNISIST--a Division of the General Information Program (PGI) was created in 1977 to respond to problems involved in the development and promotion of scientific and technological information systems and services, as well as the development of national information infrastructures. This…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Global Approach, Information Needs, Information Services
International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This report documents a meeting of experts in educational documentation and information from both developed and developing countries, who met to examine issues involved in the implementation of a proposed network for the better use of information resources in educational development. Included are summaries of the business meeting and discussions…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
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