Focuses on role of library and agencies charged with provision of information in an environment of technological change. Predictions concerning aspects of the emerging information society (computer literacy, home computers), the death of libraries, and effects of a paperless society on libraries in developing countries are noted. Footnotes are…

Indicates that where collectivization is accompanied by (1) state commitment to sex equity, (2) activities of a strong women's union, and (3) willingness to recognize problems and experiment with new forms of organization, the implications of collective agriculture for women are positive and contribute to the liberation of rural women and their…

Describes the state of home economics in two developing countries, Malawi and Guyana. (NRJ)

Described are the efforts being made in the Sudan to develop a significant scientific community. (SL)

Investigates and evaluates the idea of the community/junior college as an effective educational model to be adopted by developing nations. Briefly describes two-year colleges in the United States, Canada, and Japan. (DC)

Describes the development, organization, output, problems and possible future development of the Central Facilities of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. (JY)

Discusses the planning process, the techniques used by planners, the implementation and geographical aspects of planning, and the way the educational planner is able to get power to survive and to push ahead his proposals. (Author/IRT)

This report presents lessons from Tanzania's development experience of the past four decades, with emphasis on the period since the last report (1996), and assesses the imperatives for higher sustained growth and better livelihood for its citizens in the future. The background papers review and assess Tanzania's actual growth and poverty reduction…

Ten years ago in the Harare Declaration, heads of government from across the British Commonwealth committed to upholding critical commonwealth-held values. While initially focusing on Human Rights Education, the Commonwealth Secretariat set about enabling member governments to promote greater awareness, education, and training supporting…

The lack of confidence the people of Nepal feel about their political process is due, in part, to the majority's unfamiliarity with, and lack of participation in, their democratic institutions. Since 1994, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has been partaking in a broader national effort to increase Nepalis contributions to their governing…

The Girls' Education Unit (GEU) of the Basic Education Division of Ghana Education Service (GES) organized this Approaches for Advancing Girls' Education (AAGE) symposium to address the issues of girls' education, to construct a comprehensive picture of what interventions related to girls' education are currently being implemented, and identify…

This paper argues that a framework for strategic planning in universities in Sub-Saharan Africa can be developed with the background of global, regional, and institutional realities. Using the specific case of the University of Buea in Cameroon, the paper attempts to expose the global trends of polarization in knowledge production capacity as an…

The role of adult education in India is viewed in the context of that country's political, economic, and social goals of development as the theme presentation of the Annual Convention of the Indian Adult Education Association. (AG)

The article's prime purpose is to describe the attemps of an informal association of prople to create educational activities which, in themselves, would be actions on the problems of international development. It is hoped the explanation will clarify some of the major issues in the new field of international education. (Author/AG)

An overview of how television has been used as a medium of instruction in Asia for eleven years. In those years ITV has developed with varying degrees of success in the different countries. (Author)