Traces the historical background and describes the current status of library education in Arab countries at the postgraduate, graduate, and teacher training levels. (LLS)

Analyzes self-esteem in young people in Jamaica based on the legacy of a negative self-image, an emerging positive self-conception and ambivalence toward themselves, their peers, and their country. Attitudes toward the developed world are based on questioning the benevolence of developed countries. Also notes educational implications. (KC)

Describes the components and overall strategy of a fully integrated and comprehensive program to train and develop the staff at the Institute of Electrical Research in Cuernavaca, Mexico. (FM)

Lists the recipients of the first IRA Literacy Award and presents comments made by Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Director-General of UNESCO, on the state of literacy in the world today. (MKM)

Explores the problems facing women in Third World and developing countries as progress takes place. Presents a view of the economic development and its differential impact on women and men. (Author/CK)

Sketches the history of the expansion of multinational advertising agencies. Then examines the growth, characteristics, and consequences of these agencies in an important region of the developing world, Latin America. (PD)

Briefly describes the functions of the national library network in Bangladesh. (FM)

Proposes several programs and projects which can further efforts toward establishing an effective network of library resources and services in Pakistan. (FM)

Reports on the literacy rate among adults in India, especially the role of public libraries and special programs in improving that rate. (FM)

The article discusses a study undertaken to ascertain what influences primary school teachers in developing nations perceive as important for curriculum decision making; to compare these with similar findings from developed nations; and to determine factors that inhibit goal achievement in teaching situations in developing and developed nations.…

Describes a 70-90 day training program in Peru which equips students to make videotapes for them to use in training farmers in outlying areas about crop production subjects. (LLS)

Looks at educational factors in using television or cinema film for non-formal education in developing nations. Styles of presentation in films are discussed, and suggestions are made for assessing effectiveness. (JEG)

Recounts the increase in radio and television stations in developing nations since 1960 and relates this increase to the power of the media in transmission of foreign values to children. Concludes that the educational system must take more responsibility for inculcating local culture and values. (DB)

Hypothesizes that the evident injustice which characterizes the present international structure of communication (developing nations exploited by developed nations) has created a need for a new international order of communications. Emphasizes that communication should be based on free and balanced international exchange and circulation of…

Discusses the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference, particularly the actions of the United States delegation concerning spectrum reallocation, Third World demands for equitable access, and technology transfer. Implications for the future are outlined. (JMF)