Explores purposes of literacy education, ranging from the political imperatives of governments to the goals of literacy campaigns to the reasons why people want to be literate. (SK)

Discusses the causes of the failure of rural development projects in developing countries and concludes that governments and agencies providing assistance need to devote more attention to land reform, improvement of rural institutions and delivery systems, and adjustments in economic policies. (JOW)

A description and analysis of an experimental course, the first of its kind, which has as its objective the education of teachers from institutions concerned with library education in the non-industrialized countries in order to expand and help to improve the quality of library education in these countries. (Author)

This paper is part of a study designed to find out the organization and structure of the secondary modern school in the Western State of Nigeria, as well as the extent to which it has played the role assigned to it in the government policy statement of 1954. (Author)

Low cost portable video equipment was examined at a Unesco sponsored workshop in Kenya. (JY)

A description of the present state of library services in Bangladesh, and suggestions for their future development are presented. (Author/SJ)

Distinguishing between political science and political education, the Tanzanian author discusses the latter as a necessary weapon for freedom and human development in any country'' in the contexts of political education and freedom, ideologies, colonialism, equality of women, international understanding, political education for the masses and the…

In recent years, conservation of energy has become an important consideration for the U. S. government. Two major studies conducted to study non-technical and sociological tendencies of consumers about energy use are described. (PS)

The International Association of Metropolitan City Libraries (INTAMEL) three-year research project to investigate the needs of metropolitan public library systems in developing countries is discussed. (3 references) (Author/SJ)

Results of the meeting in Cairo, April-May 1972. (SP)

This article seeks to report the state of librarianship in Indonesia as it has changed during the lapse of eight years from the time the author left in 1962 and returned in 1970. (Author/SJ)

A study of three forces creating a unified state. (MM)