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Pelton, Joseph N. – 1987
This overview of changes in the field of telecommunications development produced by satellite communications over the last 15 years focuses on applications of satellite systems for educational and health purposes in developing countries. Satellite communications development from 1974 to 1986 is identified as the first stage of telecommunications…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Costs, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Download full textBrace, Lloyd – 1981
This essay examines the role of investment capital in rural development. The development of government capitalism is traced. Outlined next are the premises for private and public investment. Geographic/geopolitical concerns in the formation of investment priorities are described. The need for greater availability of investment capital for small…
Descriptors: Banking, Business, Capital, Cooperation
Heald, James E. – 1979
On every continent and in virtually every sovereign nation, rural people are not nearly as well served by educational programs as their fellow countrymen who reside in urban centers. Those persons in governmental agencies who seek solutions to the problems of rural education are confronted by scattered student populations, hostile geography,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Organization, Community Involvement, Delivery Systems
Mathur, J. C. – Literacy Discussion, 1978
In discussing Rafe-uz-Zaman's essay on adult literacy and national development (see v9, n1 of this journal), the author cites examples to support his thesis that mass literacy campaigns in predominately agricultural countries can be successful only if there is simultaneous undertaking of economic development programs focused on the rural poor. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agricultural Production, Content Analysis
Gudenberg, Karl A. – 1981
The future of rural America depends on the abilities of diverse interest groups and leaders to piece together educational and economic resources in creative ways, fitted to the needs of their respective regions and communities. It has become essential that rural persons be plugged into national and international production, marketing, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
This seminar report contains summaries of presentations as well as entire reports and addresses made at the Regional Seminar on Technical and Vocational Education in Asia and Oceania held in Singapore in November 1979. Chapter 1 summarizes the trends, problems, and innovations in technical and vocational education which were identified in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
