Unesco clubs, Associated Schools Programs, and National Commissions report on exchange projects, new materials, and curricular innovations, as well as requests for interaction with others interested in active learning from an international perspective. (JH)

Developing countries have accused developed countries of deliberately draining other countries of professionals. (Editor)

Four specialists analyze the multiple functions of the United Nations in the field of human population. (Editor/JR)

The author writes in favor of gearing educational systems to long-term manpower requirements as he responds to Professor Mark Blaug's article ("Prospects" v2, n4, Winter 1973) which advocates cost-benefit analysis as a tool for educational planning. (JH)

The primitive conditions existing in rural Ecuador created unique problems for the University of Massachusetts project attempting to develop educational tools for the area. Author describes the approach taken and the learning devices which were produced. (Author)

While the occupational aspirations of Malay and Chinese male students in the secondary schools reveal fairly similar configurations, the socio-economic expectations of Malays are higher and largely independent of social class origins. (Authors)

The president of the World Bank Group outlines the great need for developed and developing countries to make greater efforts to rescue poorer nations and other impoverished areas from their continuing poverty. (Author/RK)

This paper surveys the literature on educational programmes in selected rural areas of the world. It reports present trends in organization, content and methodology. The focus is on the structure of formal education, its innovation and impact on the development of the rural areas. (SM)

The fundamental problems of investment in rural education in the present developing countries are analyzed. Needs of rural education are outlined and financial considerations related to investment in the improvement of rural educational programs are discussed. (SM)

Statistics representing attitudes of the world's governments concerning education in terms of public expenditure are compiled and presented in tabular form. Comparisions are made to expenditures in developed and developing countries for competing activities such as public health and military costs. (SM)

A look at how developing countries, specifically Korea, are beginning to look to educational technology as a partial solution to their educational problems. (Author)

Outlines a curriculum development program in elementary school science in progress at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in the North of Nigeria. Discusses the educational problems faced in this area, the philosophy and materials of the elementary science program, the difficulties of evaluation, and prospects for the future. (JR)

A summary of speeches, panel presentations and discussions at the Rio Symposium on computer education for developing countries, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August, 1972. (HB)