Due to the "education explosion," countries are producing large numbers of educated unemployed, who are unwilling to work in the traditional sector and unable to work in the trade sector. Educational goals must be reassessed in terms of furthering national development. (WI)

This work is an attempt to analyze the development of education, particularly secondary education, in order to identify the special features of educational structure in Latin America. The educational systems are examined within the following contexts: Literacy Training; Educational Levels (which considers the question of access to formal…

FORTY-TWO SCHOLARS, EXPERTS, AND TECHNICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CONDUCT OF MANPOWER FORECASTING PROGRAMS MET TO EXCHANGE AND SYNTHESIZE IDEAS ABOUT FORECASTING MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. PAPERS PRESENTED WERE--(1) "THE INDUSTRY-OCCUPATIONAL MATRIX APPROACH" BY HAROLD GOLDSTEIN, (2) "INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF…

The present report is the result of the study on human resources and educational planning carried out in 1964 by the National Planning Institute (INP) in co-operation with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The main purpose of the report is to help integrate Peru's educational development and process of general…

The Seminar, a joint venture of the Agency for International Development and the Labor Department of the United States, brought together 29 participants from 20 developing countries for the purpose of exchanging ideas and experiences on manpower programs and planning efforts. These proceedings are the result of notes taken by reporters during the…

The central role of education in national development, clearly recognized by developing countries and by development assistance agencies, is to decide what kinds of education should be provided for which people and at what costs, and to help attain objectives of national development. The collateral issue of deciding how the resources of the Agency…

A digital divide, a chasm between those with access to technology and training, particularly workplace information technology (IT) skills and those without, threatens the economic prosperity of American workers and America's competitiveness. The most effective way to reduce digital disparities is to improve the education and training of the…

An examination of the changes that are likely to occur in work and productivity in the future reveals that, at least before the year 2000, Americans are not likely to see many new jobs created and will probably not be required to alter their skills greatly for existing jobs. It will be difficult to duplicate the sustained productivity attained…

Focusing on the factors inhibiting the labor market's adjustment to economic change, the study examined the economic and social problems facing southern rural areas and populations, including Chicanos and migrants. Factors were in the areas of the labor market behavior, income and earnings, poverty, welfare system and welfare reform, manpower…