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Chaboux, Collette – Academy for Educational Development, 2006
This case study describes the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which was formed to explore ways to help children from its rural development program gain access to improved education. Working mainly in rural areas, BRAC focused on improved quality through improved education service delivery, management detail, and finance. While…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Development
Department of Health , Education, and Welfare, Washington., DC. Office of the Secretary. – 1971
Prepared by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) for the Senate Committee on Government Operations hearings on S.10, a bill to revitalize rural and other economically distressed areas, this report relates to the impact on nonmetropolitan areas of DHEW programs. The report contains (1) an analysis of the DHEW programs which…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Facilities, Federal Programs
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Summers, Gene F., Ed. – 1997
In this report, the Rural Sociological Society Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty presents 11 Pathways from Poverty (PfP) state-team efforts and accomplishments. Education and training are themes that appear here and there throughout the strategies described. Many PfP state teams have formed alliances with state rural development councils that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1996
This annual report of the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) describes the agency's extension and research activities from October 1, 1995, to October 1, 1996. SRDC is one of four regional centers coordinating rural development research and extension education programs cooperatively with the land-grant institutions. SRDC cooperates with 29…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Zuber, Eileen, Ed.; Heasley, Daryl K., Ed. – 1995
Small towns and rural places face numerous barriers to development. In response, the four Regional Rural Development Centers serve as regional and national networks to catalyze, initiate, facilitate, and evaluate research and educational programs that have potential to improve rural economic and social well-being. Such programs focus on developing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Planning, Conservation (Environment)
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1979
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), established by Congress in 1965, is a unique partnership of federal, state, and local government action attempting to provide every person living in the region with the health and skills needed to compete in everyday life and to attract new industry to the region, thus providing more jobs and a more…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Services, Construction Programs, Economic Development