As a central feature of China's current domestic policy, rural resettlement is considered a vital strategy for combating revisionism, consolidating the proletariat dictatorship, restricting bourgeois rights, narrowing differences, strengthening the countryside, and promoting agricultural development. Since rural China has suffered from excessive…

The Annual Rural Manpower Report is a summary of events and programs affecting rural communities during 1975. Intended as a general overview of activities in rural Maine, it is not an indepth study of all manpower programs serving the state. Part I provides the annual summary and discusses planning, economic development, employment and…

A system of social indicators for the integrated and systemic study of rural socioeconomic development was constructed. Specific features of the system were that it: (1) embraced nearly all aspects of life activity of the rural population, ranging from work in the public sector to leisure behaviour; (2) included social indicators which measured…

A multiple regression approach to testing several hypotheses relating two modernizing institutions, the school and films, to the economic development of poor countries. The school was found to promote economic development while films impeded growth by transmitting and promoting inappropriate Western values. Some interaction with political context…

The role of education as an agent for income redistribution in developing countries is discussed. A study of Brazil, Peru, and Mexico indicates that education may not influence income distribution as much as government policies that differentially reward schooling level, work sectors, occupation types, and region of residence. (BC)

Argues that agriculture production in developing nations should be organized to ensure economic viability. Government policy must emphasize participants' productive capacities and integrate agricultural workers into the new organization of production. (Author/DB)

This article assesses past and present utopian models for the organization of future societies. It examines some thoughts on designing the future and outlines a future habitat based on self-sustaining systems and compatible social, political, and economic structures. Available from: 923 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14215. (JK)

This paper suggests that in a simple economy, sex roles will be clearly defined, separating men's work from women's work, while in a society with a more complex division of labor, specializations will be created which will be filled by both men and women. (Author)

Summarizing presentations and discussions of the Economic Commission of the International Non-Governmental Organizations Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations (1977), this report addresses: multinational corporations; the land question; and the Commission's recommended "Plan of Action". (JC)

Summarizes a number of related studies of the social aspects of modernization in the Philippines. From these studies we have selected four important social processes which influence the course of change, and we have attempted to interpret these processes with reference to social-psychological laboratory studies. (Author/JM)

A report by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that states involving higher education in economic development efforts take care to structure their programs to prevent them from becoming dominated by college interests. (MSE)

On the theory that the state can attract more foreign industry and tourism if residents have more foreign language skills, Tennessee is establishing the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute with state and private funds, solely to improve foreign language instruction. (MSE)

A review of research on higher education institutions' impact on their regions' economic development shows that the impact is significant, but is inconsistently defined and measured. Much economic research effort is needed to clarify the nature and magnitude of colleges' material contributions to the regions they serve. (MSE)

The author describes the development and implementation of a business/secondary school compact in East London, based on the original Boston Compact. This cooperative relationship helps disadvantaged students attain employability skills and work experience, while employers gain a trained labor force for their entry-level jobs. (CH)

Illinois State University's experience illustrates that board members can provide leadership for institutions to assist in the economic development of the local community, but to be effective, trustees must have a clear understanding of the institution's mission and community impact. (MSE)