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Download full textKatz, Lee – 1969
The focus of this paper is on the program authorized in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. It is noted that the intent of the legislation was to develop strategies for change at the local level by involving local populations in the planning and implementation of programs tailored to meet their social, economic, and educational needs. In Part…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Federal Programs
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, University Park, PA. – 1996
Pathways from Poverty is a public policy education and research initiative organized by the Rural Sociological Society's Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty and the four regional rural development centers. This publication focuses on project efforts in the Northeast and includes three sections. The first section describes the Pathways from…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Community Services, Educational Opportunities
Olson, Annette, Ed. – 1994
Some returned Peace Corps volunteers believe that U.S. foreign policy has been more damaging than helpful in the Third World. They question the links between U.S. foreign and military policy and the Peace Corps. This book addresses such questions and brings together resources and information that will help the prospective volunteer find an…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Development, Developing Nations, Employment Opportunities
Crook, William H.; Thomas, Ross – 1969
This volume relates the origins of Volunteers in Service To America (VISTA), its problems and achievements. Originating in President Kennedy's proposal for a national service corps (1963), VISTA reached concrete form with the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. While white middle class youth constitute the bulk of the volunteers, the organization…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Development, Indigenous Personnel, Migrant Workers
Inter-American Foundation, Rosslyn, VA. – 1988
This annual report from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), a federal development agency, includes letters from foundation officials describing the IAF-funded work in poverty areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. The report describes IAF's In-Country Support System (ICS), staffed by local professionals who assist grantees and report their…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Annual Reports, Community Development, Developing Nations
SCHLESINGER, BENJAMIN – 1966
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES 589 SELECTED REFERENCES IN VARIED AREAS RELATED TO THE MULTI-DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO POVERTY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME HISTORICAL ITEMS, MATERIALS DATE FROM 1960 TO JUNE 1966 AND ARE READILY AVAILABLE. FEW UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED. THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT TIMES AS MANY AMERICAN REFERENCES AS CANADIAN.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Community Development, Community Involvement
