Articles in this collection clearly illustrate that the debate over indigenous and Western knowledge confronts the Pacific microstates with polarities that are difficult to resolve. Among them is the colonial heritage of an educational system designed to promote docility. National leaders face hard choices in addressing national goals. (SLD)

This monograph explores the aims, priorities, and international dimensions of the world's research and development (R&D) enterprise. Global R&D priorities in order of importance include military technology, basic research, space, energy, health, information processing, transportation, pollution control, and agriculture. The majority of R&D efforts…

Recent developments and problems in the eradication of illiteracy in Asia and Oceania are reviewed in this conference report. Literacy is a critical issue because more than half of the region's population is illiterate, and social and economic development cannot progress when the literacy rate is so low. In an effort to improve the situation, most…