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Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2016
"The demographics of families in poverty around the globe may be diverse, but parents' dreams for their children are similar everywhere: good health, a good education, economic stability, and a better future." This new report from the Bernard van Leer Foundation and Ascend at The Aspen Institute develops a "two generation"…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Programs, Child Development, Partnerships in Education
Malancharuvil, J. M.; Kalleppallil, J. – New Frontiers in Education, 1973
Reports on the positive results of a study in India to determine whether wealthy students were capable of being educated for social awareness and social change. (Author)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Higher Education, International Education, Interpersonal Competence
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Azad, Nandini – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Illustrates how poor women were able to move out of poverty and dehumanization through a process of mobilization and organization. The process was catalyzed by the intervention of a non-governmental organization, the Working Women's Forum. Outlines the Forum's program of economic, social, and technological empowerment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development
Unnikrishnan, Namita, Comp. – 1995
A product of the South Asian Regional Workshop of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), this report was intended to identify problems of low-income families in South Asia and create methods to serve their needs. The report begins with an introduction to the India chapter of the ISSBD; it then provides an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Studies, At Risk Persons, Child Welfare