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World Bank, Washington, DC. – 1995
"The Development Data Book," published by the World Bank presents statistics on countries with populations of more than one million. The statistics relate to economic development and the changes it is bringing about in the world. Sometimes called indicators, the statistics are measures of social and economic conditions in developing and industrial…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Development, Economic Change
Schroder, Karsten – Sonderdienst, 1989
Rural development, the strengthening of market-oriented approaches to the economy, and the promotion of private industry in the countries of the Third World are among the stated priorities of West German development policy. A market-oriented approach to the economy contributes to a rise in the standard of living in the developing countries. In…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Download full textAlexander-Frutschi, Marian Crites, Ed. – 1963
As part of an annotated bibliography on human resource development through education and training, this section contains references to literature on adult and fundamental education, literacy education, community development, cooperative education, extension work, rural education, supervisory and management education, and vocational and industrial…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Development
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1968
TWENTY-THREE ABSTRACTS AND ANNOTATIONS OF RECENT (1962-67) PUBLICATIONS ON ADULT EDUCATION IN AFRICA ARE PROVIDED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY. EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND POLICIES AND SPECIFIC NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS IN ETHIOPIA, TANZANIA, KENYA, MALAWI, ZAMBIA, RHODESIA, AND NIGERIA ARE FEATURED, WITH COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, MANPOWER…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Development, Correspondence Study
Sheffield, James R.; And Others – 1974
The five articles in this report explore issues of rural and urban development, formal and nonformal education, and local and national needs in Africa. "Partnership for Productivity" (PFP) and "Brigades in Botswana: Their National Impact" focus on the development of managerial and nonagricultural vocational skills in rural…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Role
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Office of International Training. – 1971
Both of these catalogs are part of a series of four official AID publications covering both academic and non-academic training opportunities. These two in particular were developed to encourage increased use by Asians of the regional training resources designed to assist them in the economic and social development of their countries. The…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Catalogs, Community Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Asian Centre for Educational Innovation for Development. – 1982
Volume 4 in a five-volume portfolio of studies reflecting different facets of the concept of education for rural development consists of three studies. The first study, "Planning for Meeting Manpower Requirements and Training for Self-Employment in Rural Areas," by Jose R. Vergara (Philippines), analyzes the scenario of growth and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement, Developing Nations
ASPBAE Courier Service, 1982
This journal contains a series of articles dealing with the theme of development in Asia and rural Indonesia. Included in the journal are the following articles: "Nonformal Education in Rural Areas of Developing Countries," by members of the Rural Project Team from the Centre for Continuing Education at Australian National University;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
Weisbord, Marvin R.; And Others – 1992
This book contains 35 papers about planning and holding future search conferences, as well as their benefits and likely future directions. The following papers are included: "Applied Common Sense" (Weisbord); "Inventing the Search Conference" (Weisbord); "Building Collaborative Communities" (Schindler-Rainman,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents
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
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1967
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 30 INDEXED AND ABSTRACTED ENTRIES ON NUMEROUS ASPECTS AND CONCERNS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR ADULTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATION NEEDS, DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies, Apprenticeships
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)
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
