Joint responsibility of education authorities and the Department of Manpower and Immigration is to accelerate research and to develop programs which will ease the process of adjustment to changing conditions in manpower demand. The inevitable prerequisite of closer matching of demand for and supply of qualified manpower is increased specialization…

Examines how Third World education systems reproduce social and economic inequalities; how the international economic order is founded on unfair mechanisms that perpetuate inequality; and the role that groups in the United Nations family must play in the establishment of a New International Economic Order. (RM)

Development education, to increase understanding and awareness of the plight of underdeveloped countries and of the interdependence of nations, is being carried out through television programs on Britain's Channel Four by the International Broadcasting Trust. (SK)

Suggests that education seen as an individual right complemented with its social dimension has been, in the case of Chile, a means of uniting the country and avoiding social disparities; however, when education is seen as an economic tool or means for development, conflict can appear in the form of civil war (AH)

For future studies to prove their value in those nations seeking to advance rapidly and to raise the standard of living of their inhabitants, they will need to develop new methods and new goals. Some of these are suggested and discussed. (Author/RM)

Approaches to teaching the dynamics of development at South Africa's National University of Lesotho are criticized. Teaching development geography, which focuses on articulation and class formation and which rejects the spatial approach, is detrimental to the geography department. The objective should be to provide technical skills unavailable…

The dilemma of whether to expand higher education systems in Thailand or to curtail enrollments by some means of cut-off or selection at the end of secondary school are discussed. A variety of higher education models in use in the Third World countries are discussed. (Author/MLW)

The authors present a first-hand account of the massive literacy program in Nicaragua. They describe the political rationale and the extensive organizational tasks of the National Literacy Crusade, pointing out that its success depended upon the commitment of the people and the government to literacy and liberation. (Author/SK)

This paper reports a qualitative study of what difference it makes to the participants to have completed the Supported Work program. For the majority, Supported Work brought steadier jobs, higher wages and fringe benefits, increased self-confidence, and independence. (Author/CT)

Reviews literature concerning questions confronting Third World countries in deciding to launch domestic programs of research and development. Concludes that the adoption of a domestic science and technology policy is not only an economic decision but also a highly political one involving the strategy of national development. (Author/KC)

Examines the accepted economic theories about the role of academic education in economic development. The author challenges the idea that expanding education increases consumption in developing countries, like Spain, which have scarce financial resources, a need for technically trained workers, and no tradition of long-term academic education. (AM)

Using data from 50 developing nations, the authors examine correlations between economic measures and educational attainment, to test the empirical utility of the dependency perspective in accounting for one important facet of internal inequality--the distribution of education. (Author/SJL)

Thailand must direct its educational efforts towards socioeconomic and political development and, to this end, is focusing on basic literacy. Continuing education is also an important strategy for achieving the goal of "education for life." (Author/WD)

There is a negative correlation between the proportionate number of Blacks in a community and the degree to which that community allows Black participation in its affairs. Regional political, social, and economic histories affect the current relative status of Blacks in each region. (Author/MC)