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Damasen, Ikwaba Paul – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss, in-depth, how solar electricity can be developed and used to tackle grid electricity-related problems in African countries suffering from unreliable and inadequate grid electricity. Design/methodology/approach: The paper discusses in depth the current status of grid electricity in…
Descriptors: Energy Education, Power Technology, Information Technology, Program Implementation
Chuenyane, Zachariah; And Others – 1981
A selected annotated bibliography on managing development projects, intended for rural development practitioners, highlights items that outline some pressing issues and concerns confronting those involved in rural development in general and rural project management in particular. A section of annotated entries lists 21 publications on project…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Improvement Programs
Fuller, Bruce, Ed.; Habte, Aklilu, Ed. – 1992
Progress made by African governments toward improving their educational policies is described in this collection of papers, which were presented at a conference cosponsored by the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since the mid-1980s, several educational policy adjustment programs have been initiated in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Educational Change
Bhola, H. S. – 1986
This report contains one man's impressions of the state of adult literacy education in several countries of Africa and in India. The first country reported on is Ethiopia, where signs of a capitalist society were evident in that officially Marxist country, where literacy education was still a priority in the midst of a waning famine. Ethiopia had…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Evans, David R., Ed. – 1994
This publication contains a set of five case studies and two analytical overview chapters that lay the foundation for a deeper understanding of the process of educational policy formation in Africa. Reflecting developments until late 1992, the cases include Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda, Mali, and Senegal. The articles describe and analyze current…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Change
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Lanki, Jari – E-Learning, 2006
This article looks at the ethical implications of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in bringing about development in developing societies. Any proposed means to enhance development has costs as well as benefits. Hence, the evaluation of a given means to development should always be a matter of "applied ethics".…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Ethics, Program Implementation, Developing Nations
Agency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Office of Women in Development. – 1980
This report to Congress describes the women in development programs, projects, and activities undertaken by the Agency for International Development (AID) during the period from 1978 through 1980. Information is provided concerning AID cooperation and support on preparations for the United Nations Decade for Women Copenhagen Conference. Presented…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Planning