Examines problems encountered in training educational administrators in Latin America and recommends improvement in training based upon techniques of modern personnel management. (Author/DB)

A recent assessment of earthquake risk to Quito, Ecuador, concluded that many of its public schools are vulnerable to collapse during major earthquakes. A subsequent examination of 60 buildings identified 15 high-risk buildings. These schools were retrofitted to meet standards that would prevent injury even during Quito's largest earthquakes. US…

Data from 86 developing countries suggest that foreign investment and debt dependency have adverse indirect effects on child mortality--effects mediated by variables linked to industrialism theory and gender stratification theory: women's education, health, and reproductive autonomy and rate of economic growth. State strength was related to lower…

Recruiting teachers to work overseas involves such considerations as personal disruption, motivation, and culture shock. Accurate job descriptions and matching with applicant qualities; information about the cultural, social, and economic environment; and identification of issues related to living and working conditions should all be part of the…

Nancy Birdsall's argument for cost recovery in university education is misleading. It is hard to allocate money only to research, since a university's research and teaching functions are interconnected. Increased resources for higher education would come from a government's education budget at the expense of primary education. In a typical…

Discusses results of a questionnaire-based survey of 238 Kuwaiti school principals aiming to identify and explore the problems these administrators have faced since the Iraqi aggression. The study showed that managerial problems related to principals' educational goals (regarding goal/practice discrepancies and shortages of supplies) increased and…

Describes the approach to citizenship education in recent educational policy in South Africa, and in curriculum developments. Does this against the background of a conceptualization of citizenship based on the participatory vision of the anti-apartheid struggle and on the citizen as presented in the new Constitution. (BT)

Examines bibliographic control issues regarding socioeconomic development information in Africa by describing activities of the Pan African Development Information System in Ethiopia, the Southern African Research and Documentation Center in Zimbabwe, the South African Bibliographic and Information Network in South Africa, and the National…

A former graduate student of Gail Kelly reminisces about her insistence that her students ask the right questions after first examining their own assumptions. Kelly's work in developing countries examined the ways in which the school experiences of boys and girls differed and how the "hidden curriculum" of educational systems perpetuated…

Offers an analysis of the condition of education in developing countries such as Morocco, where, according to the author, educational improvements will not occur as a result of adopting European educational models. Argues that educational progress in developing regions should embrace humanistic values and be founded upon the concepts of the right…

Examines the new configurations in global relations and the centrality of knowledge as the emerging currency in that relationship. Argues that the centre-periphery fault line and dichotomy may be less obvious to the younger generation, taking into account the vacuum created by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Includes references. (CMK)

Gives a personal account of the authors' experiences as ex-patriots in Malawi, using theatre for education and development at a time when art, entertainment and education may have been the last thing on their audiences' minds. Describes how they developed and rehearsed a play and had plans to take it to 10 villages. (SG)

Reports a study of the relationship between Type A behavior and self-reported stress among male and female Zimbabwean teachers. Teachers completed the Jenkins Activity Survey to measure behavior type and the Teacher Stress Inventory. Findings were consistent with traditional sex roles. (NL)

Examines changes in economic conditions and policy that have influenced special employment programs. Reviews and assesses public works programs, job creation, subsidized schemes, self-employment, and welfare-oriented programs. Discusses two critical issues: targeting and program duration. (SK)

A study of three Nigerian villages produced the following suggestions for improving the problems facing rural community development: democratic participative decision making, care in project selection, government incentives, promotion of adult literacy, and well-trained community workers. (SK)