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Gray, Thomas W.; Mahoney, Rosemary – Rural Sociologist, 1991
Describes cooperatives as a new socioeconomic strategy for rural economic development. Cooperatives involve local control, local ownership, and empowerment through organization. Categorizes and gives examples of cooperatives in agriculture, retail grocery, credit, crafts, and health. Suggests some reasons why cooperatives tend to be ignored in…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cooperatives, Economic Development, Economic Opportunities
Peer reviewedMadu, Ephraim N.; Umebali, Emmanuel E. – Community Development Journal, 1993
A survey of 23 chairpersons of town unions (rural sociocultural organizations) in Nigeria indicated that self-help projects in education and rural development were concentrated in areas lacking infrastructure. Recommendations were made for an organizing framework, leadership training, government assistance, and efforts to encourage active…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Cooperatives, Foreign Countries
Levi, Yair – International Review of Community Development, 1974
A discussion of regional community development through self-help programs in rural developing areas presents the need for a diversified system of institutions to ensure a developmental process based on qualitative rather than quantitative criteria. Available from: Editorial and Business Offices, Piazza Cavalieri di Malta, 2, 00153 Rome, Italy. (EA)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Influence
Download full textJensen, Kenneth D. – 1974
The development of Arctic Canada's resources has historically been guided by two contrasting administrative approaches: one favoring the free play of profit motives in a laissez-faire market economy and the other the coordination of development through formalized government planning. In both approaches, Eurocanadians are the dominant figures,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, American History, Collective Settlements, Community Development
Education with Production, 1991
This special section highlighting the work of the Zimbabwe Foundation for Education with Production (ZIMFEP) includes "Introduction"; "A School that Works: ZIMFEP's Mupfure Self-Help College" (MacLaughlin); "ZIMFEP School Leavers: A Tracer Study"; and "ZIMFEP's Cooperatives: Uhuru Nakazi, Chegutu Production…
Descriptors: Cooperatives, Economic Development, Employment Level, Followup Studies
Kelly, Fred J.; Ratcliffe, Ella B. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The depression of the past few years led colleges and universities to seek new ways in which to assist their financially needy students. In January 1937 the Office of Education requested all colleges and universities to send it descriptions of the projects they had devised. The responses to this request indicated a very cooperative spirit on the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Economic Climate, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid
Nemeth, Balazs, Ed.; Poggeler, Franz, Ed. – 2002
This book, which focuses on how personality, societal values and politics have influenced the mission of adult education, contains 34 papers originally presented at a 2000 conference on the history of adult education. Following a Foreword (Poggeler) and Preface (Nemeth) the papers are: "The Globalization of Adult Education and the One World…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agricultural Education, Andragogy
