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Download full textUNICEF, 2020
At the height of nationwide lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, up to 1.6 billion children were affected by school closures, causing the largest mass disruption of education in modern history. This joint report by UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) presents new insights into children and young people's access to digital…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Internet
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Direct linkEstes, Richard J. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
World social development has arrived at a critical turning point. Economically advanced nations have made significant progress toward meeting the basic needs of their populations; however, the majority of developing countries have not. Problems of rapid population growth, failing economies, famine, environmental devastation, majority-minority…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Developing Nations, Developed Nations
North-South Inst., Ottawa (Ontario). – 1985
A brief report traces some important connections between the central choices facing Canada and the three quarters of the world's population that live in the developing regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Specific aspects of Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's governmental policy are examined. The following topics are considered:…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Emergency Programs
SWANSON, GORDON I. – 1962
AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED ALONG WITH SYMPTOMS AND DEFINITIONS OF UNDER-DEVELOPED OR DEVELOPING ECONOMIC SYSTEMS. COMMON EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE DISCUSSED, AND A COMPARISON IS DRAWN BETWEEN THE PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Educational History
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1987
The responsibility of the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force on Hunger is to investigate the causes and dimensions of world hunger and to develop legislative recommendations addressing the issues raised. At this hearing, the issue discussed was of basic education as a crucial link in expanding opportunities for poor and hungry people to…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economics, Educational Development
Isenman, Paul; And Others – 1980
The report, third in a series of annual publications, examines some of the difficulties and prospects in areas of social and economic progress and human development which developing countries face during the next decade. Distinguishing oil-importing from oil-exporting developing countries, the first part of the report presents global and regional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Birth Rate, Developing Nations, Economic Development
