Part of a program of publications concerning the status and advancement of women coordinated in four journals by the Group for Initiatives on Women and Development, this issue of "Children in the Tropics" focuses on mothers' health. Section I describes factors conditioning the health and nutritional status of women and girls. Discussion…

The theoretical fields of adult developmental psychology and andragogy provide some principles or rules for action that may lead to useful improvements in course organization and teaching methodology. An analysis of the principles and the likely effects of their implementation has led to the following speculation: principles that are not likely to…

In November of 1981, an International Consultation on Preschool Education was organized by UNESCO with the cooperation of UNICEF. This consultation was implemented at a stage when the experiences of the past 10 years were in need of evaluation to enable the UNESCO preschool education program to move toward a more comprehensive approach to meeting…

Drawing on recent analyses carried out around the world, this paper demonstrates how economic and military insecurity feed on each other in various ways at both national and international levels. Following an introduction, material is presented in three parts. "The Military Sector and the Economy" outlines facts to demonstrate how…

Examines the nature of technology in use today, suggests alternative forms of technology, and looks at the future relationships likely to evolve between alternative technology and developing and developed countries throughout the world. (JR)

Considers women in the labor force on a world wide basis and distinguishes between the female labor force participation rates of less and more developed regions including information by region and country. (BR)

For more than 25 years, the "four theories" paradigm has been dominant in the study of the relationships among the press, society, and the state. Asserting that the major approaches to such study are the libertarian, social responsibility, authoritarian, and Soviet/communist theories, this paradigm fails to account for economic and…

A survey was conducted in July 1977 of 38 Centers of International Serials Data System (ISDS) and of national bibliographic agencies or comparable bodies in the same countries to study the various aspects of the identification and description of standardized bibliographic data by the ISDS and the International Standard Bibliographic Description…

The proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the American Chemical Society and held in New York in April 1976 are presented here. The focus of this symposium was on world interdependencies in the areas of food, energy and population. Papers presented examined the current and future problems facing the peoples of the world stressing the need to…

A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1978, which set out the goal of a new, more just, and more effective world information and communication order, represented a new focus on conceptual rhetoric. Although there is as yet no settled definition of the new world order--a concept that involves cultural relations in…

Third World nations' calls for a new international information order are discussed and the responses of Western governments and in particular of the United States government to those calls are analyzed in this paper. The paper notes the Third World countries' preferences for a more restrictive flow of information across borders, their limited…

In October of 1975, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in cooperation with Unesco, conducted an international workshop on environmental education in Belgrade. The papers presented at the workshop were later revised according to the workshop recommendations. These 14 revised papers are organized into four parts: (1) concepts, goals,…

The structures of primary and secondary general education in a number of industrialized countries are compared to show that there are all possible combinations of educational "systems" that are, in most cases, the outcome of a remote historical legacy. This legacy, regardless of its merits, should not be considered as inviolate, but…

The main purposes of this study are to investigate through national income elasticities the amounts of governmental expenditure in 30 countries on total governmental service and on selected services of education, defense, health, and social welfare over the period from 1950 to 1967. Analysis of data available from various statistical sources, such…

The industrial development of rural areas within a technologically and industrially advanced nation consists essentially of a redistribution of economic activity. Resultant changes in occupational structure may be assessed through study of five major areas: market participation, sectoral relocation, work specialization, occupational upgrading, and…