Reviews the history of transborder data flow (TDF) and the principles set forth by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development and the Glenerin Declaration. Two major issues relating to TDF--national sovereignty and economic and trade concerns--are discussed. Future issues, including an international policy and standardization, are…

Highlights the underlying themes of Mao Zedong's views on national development and reviews his major arguments on the synthesis of foreign and Chinese ideas, methods of development, and key issues of the modernization process. The guiding principles that Mao advocated for education are discussed in the larger context of societal development. (GEA)

This annotated bibliography lists recent publications and documents dealing with educational innovations. A subject and country index is provided, as well as sources where readers may obtain the announced documents and publications. (CLB)

Argues that community development is an appropriate arena for using participatory research techniques, since community development depends strongly on citizen involvement. Features a case study of use of the participatory research technique in a project aimed at attacking rural poverty in Nigeria. (CH)

This annotated bibliography from the International Educational Reporting Service lists recent publications and documents dealing with educational innovations. A subject and country index is provided as well as sources where readers may obtain the announced documents and publications. (CLB)

Consists of two articles focusing on internationalism in agricultural education. Articles emphasize (1) increasing involvement in international agricultural education and (2) global dimensions for postsecondary programs. (CH)

Discusses and illustrates problems with the interpretation of visual materials used in rural development campaigns in developing countries. The association between pictorial experience and pictorial literacy is examined, and guidelines are suggested for visual communicators. (LRW)

Discusses a common educational problem in developing nations: how to balance public investment of the national education administration with the private investments of parents who send their children to school. Analyzes the development of national education in Papua New Guinea in terms of policy and relates them to experiences of three villages…

Noting the increase in assistance provided by American corporations to Third World countries, the authors suggest some of the advantages and constraints that corporations face in providing technical assistance. (Author/CH)

Explores three fundamental questions related to the young engineer's scientific mission in developing countries: (1) Why go? (2) What results can he or she hope to achieve? (3) What type of training is necessary? (JN)

The Symposium on Special Issues for Workers' Education in Industrialized Countries covered several topics: trade union opinions, the need for public debate, development education, new trends, investments and respect for union rights, union solidarity, resources allocated to workers' education, the role of the International Labor Office, and right…

Reviews the evolution of the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, which advanced discussions on the connection between refugees and the development process. Discusses potential roles of the World Bank and the World Food Program in providing technical assistance to refugee-related development projects. (Author/GC)

Points out that global telecommunications development can be achieved through industry and government's participation in training programs such as the United States Telecommunications Training Institute, which provides free training for men and women from the Third World. (PD)

Surveys current cataloging practices in Indian libraries and discusses standardization in cataloging, types of catalogs, cataloging codes (Anglo-American and Ranganathan), subject headings, descriptive cataloging, and standardization efforts (international, United States, USSR, Great Britain, India). Footnotes are included. (EJS)

It is proposed that Cambodia's recent government actions toward education and the educated are incongruous with the humanism of Marxist theory, and that Marxist educational theories fail because they are based on a general failure of knowledge demonstrated in Marxist ideology. (MSE)