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Jain, A. K.; Sharma, A. N. – Education, Knowledge & Economy: A Journal for Education and Social Enterprise, 2009
Literacy is a powerful instrument to boost the economy in the form of providing positive attitudes and perceptions that can contribute to an improved daily life. Further, it plays an important role in determining the ecological condition, use and uptake of health-care facilities, awareness of different aspects of socio-religious and taboo…
Descriptors: Social Indicators, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Economic Climate
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Bean, Wilf – Convergence, 1992
Work with tribal cultures in Asia revealed some commonalities of such cultures throughout the world: loss of habitation, conflict with nontribal economic systems, spirituality, and desire for autonomy. Appropriate development strategies must include concern for preserving their alternative world views. (SK)
Descriptors: Consultants, Economic Development, Economics, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Native Affairs, Edmonton. – 1985
Names, addresses, names of directors, and telephone numbers for 182 organizations formed by or serving Canada Natives in Alberta are presented, grouped by their area of interest. Listed are 17 arts and crafts organizations, 10 business and employment development services, 8 radio stations and newspapers, 12 cultural groups, 19 educational…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives
Frost, Timothy; Gray, Lauren; Lake, John; Roy, Jessica – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2007
Northern Thailand is home to many hill tribes, who have lived for hundreds of years as subsistence farmers or nomadic hunters. In the 1940s, communist insurgencies drove many hill tribes from China, Burma, and other nations south into northern Thailand. Uprooted from their native lands, the hill tribes left behind ties to economic resources and,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Social Development, Tribes
Abeille, Barbara – 1979
A 3-month pilot study conducted from April-June 1979 with 16 major informants provides information for constructing a preliminary model of female life in Mauritania. An introduction gives definitions for terms used differently in Mauritania (tribe, ethnic group, and class) and discusses examples of each. The study (based mainly on repeated…
Descriptors: Change, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Economic Development
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Smale, Melinda – 1980
In order to indicate potential income-generating programs for women, 67 women in the river region and selected sites in the Assaba and the Guidimakha were interviewed in 1980 to illuminate effects of the 1970s-80s drought and male migration on Mauritanian women. Hypotheses were based on the drought causing unprecedented disruption to Mauritanian…
Descriptors: Caste, Change, Decision Making, Developing Nations