There is need to assess the impact of migration on the Caribbean ecosystems. As a 150-year-old institution, emigration is related to the carrying capacity of the islands and the need to export the surplus population when capacity is threatened. Emigration, however, is a deterrent to development and individual independence. (KC)

Provides a history of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia) and describes its educational system. (FL)

Discusses issues surrounding the control of international communication. Specifically addresses the role of developing countries in the information flow. (MK)

Reviewing three reports of research on Third World development, the author discusses the benefits, adverse effects, perceptual and political problems of academic research in relationship to the indigenous populations being studied. (SK)

American technology has a worldwide market and can be adapted to meet the needs of underdeveloped nations. Vocational educators must learn to apply their expertise to varied cultures, economies, and educational systems and participate in the world community. (JOW)

Presents a critical view of U.S. support of the United Nations, UNESCO, the International Program for the Development of Communications (IPDC), and the New World Information Order. (PD)

Attempts by major powers to redefine the Caribbean area in their own geopolitical terms are aimed at isolating the Caribbean and at stunting the development of its potentially important role in world politics. In defense of national sovereignty, Caribbean nations must retain links with other Third World and nonaligned countries. (Author/GC)

Reviews Peru's efforts to bring about the planned development of scientific, technological, social, educational, and cultural information, including information organized by libraries, documentation centers, and other nonconventional agencies. Central to this concept are actions planned for a national information policy to be coordinated with…

Concludes that the MacBride Commission's approach offers both a physical foundation and a set of protective principles for development of worldwide communication freedom and thus passes the basic test of compatibility with U.S. constitutional norms. (PD)

Discusses the launching and operation of the International Program for Development of Communication (IPDC), a UNESCO clearinghouse for communications development. (PD)

Suggests the adaptation of general systems methodology to the design of information technology transfer mechanisms as a way of aiding the scientific and technical achievements of developing nations. Twenty-seven references are cited. (FM)

Describes the state of the art of librarianship in Bangladesh. A brief history of library education in that country is given, along with an extensive description of the library science program at the University of Dacca. (LLS)

Discusses some of the problems associated with implementing a local radio station, and indicates that the local radio strategy for rural community education should be based on full scale coordination and cooperation among broadcasting, government departments, and voluntary agencies responsible for rural education and development. (Author/JEG)

Discusses the problems facing educators and children in developing nations, who must often use instructional materials prepared in English, depicting a lifestyle that is alien to them, and presented to them in books which are unavailable outside of the classroom. (FL)

Examines--in light of linkages between the sources of technology, the implementing/operating organization, and educational/training institutions--strategies for ensuring a timely supply of appropriately trained human resources in support of the transfer of technology to developing countries. Based on this assessment, a more adaptive strategy is…