Using the example of evaluation in development programs, the author presents arguments for improving evaluation in adult education, including objective achievement, foreseen and unforeseen outcomes, and contributions to community development. (SK)

Uses large-scale survey data to analyze status of vocational training among firms in Taiwan. Vocational training in Taiwan, not widely practiced, needs to be strengthened. Factors relevant to training costs, such as labor turnover rates, and factors relevant to training benefits, such as concentration ratios, labor productivity (salary), and…

Concludes that drug enforcement abroad serves a broader agenda of helping achieve political control in developing nations, rather than simply disrupting the drug trade. Suggests that, because other issues take precedence, the United States often aids corrupt governments that allow narcotic exports. Argues the government should admit that…

Aspects of developing countries that may make computer-integrated manufacturing inappropriate include (1) inadequate infrastructure; (2) lack of capital; (3) policies regarding use of local products; (4) many small and medium-sized businesses; and (5) management practices. Higher productivity depends more on skilled management and workers and more…

Describes the coproduction by Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of Poona (India) of educational videos for use in India's Countrywide Classroom, which presents educational programing via national television hook-ups. Some of the topics of the productions to date are summarized, reflecting an effort to provide variety and…

Examines interorganizational behavior patterns that may beset project establishment, drawing on the experiences of an anonymous developing nation struggling to initiate an educational project approved by the World Bank. Results show that the behavior of participating organizations can influence the decision-making process during project…

The antecedent events, clinical features, prevalence, and complications of neonatal Klebsiella septicaemia in 73 infants admitted to a special care baby unit in Nigeria are retrospectively reviewed and compared with those of 72 infants who had no risk factors for sepsis admitted to the same unit during the same period. A nosocomial acquisition of…

Provides an overview of the activities of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education in Nigeria in the areas of the development of grass-roots day-care centers, Van Leer Nigerian Education Trust activities, the training of nursery school teachers, and the celebration of Children's Day. (AC)

Develops a critical analysis of the international transfer of strategies for curriculum change with reference to a historical review of the Papua New Guinean experience, documenting the role of international trends in shaping school curricula and organizational and administrative structures. Examines implications of centralized curriculum control.…

Annotates 25 publications from 19 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Dominican Republic, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, and Venezuela. Topics include the environment, women's role, and household consumption and expenditures. The publication of an…

Reviews the unsuccessful efforts of Guyana to relate its educational programs more directly to the work environment. Finds that the failure is directly related to the nature of the unemployment situation and the wage level. Concludes that it is impossible to educate people in an area that they do not see as being in their best interest. (JOW)

The bonds connecting us to other human family members are easily found in every community and can be used to design instruction that heightens students' local and global awareness. Student teachers at a Massachusetts state college discovered numerous linkages and incorporated them within instructional units. Sidebars show searching strategies and…

These two articles examine library activities in Ethiopia. One describes the information and documentation services of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies Library, including its publications, conferences, seminars, and suggestions for improvements; the second article describes Ethiopian libraries prior to 1900, which were primarily church and…

Outlines the participatory self-evaluation methods of the People's Participation Programme of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Benefits, six steps for introducing the method, and problems of language, comparability of numbers, and objectivity are described. (SK)

Psacharopoulos has found a declining rate-of-return to education pattern across levels of per capita income, using international data. A reexamination of Psacharopoulos's cross-country data refutes his declining rate-of-return hypothesis and points to diversity of cross-country experience as a possibly significant factor in interpreting the data.…