Examines information policy in Singapore and compares some aspects of it with Australia. Discusses developments in Singapore since the publication of the "Library 2000" report in 1994 and public library services. Concludes that Australia is set to become an underdeveloped nation in Asian information policy terms. (Author/LRW)

Explores the political, ethical, and professional dilemmas faced by English-as-a-Second-Language professionals working in the context of Australian language aid projects in Laos, East Timor, and Cambodia. Illuminates how language aid practitioners have to deal with issues of language choice, ownership, and political context. (Author/VWL)

Discusses how, through several colleges in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, three powers--the United States, Turkey, and Russia--seek to influence the course of Central Asia. (EV)

Studied the impact of school mapping in the development of education in Tanzania. Data from a variety of sources (interviews, questionnaires, focus group discussion, and document analysis) show that school mapping had various positive impacts on the development of education in terms of increased enrollment and attendance, decreased dropping out,…

A community water supply project in Cameroon illustrates the following constraints on community participation in development: paternalistic authorities, prescriptive role of the state, selective participation, bias toward "hard" issues, inattention to negative results, group conflicts, gatekeeping, pressure for immediate results,…

Asserting that liberal education initiatives are proliferating around the world, along with other globalizing trends, discusses how this trend requires a new understanding of reciprocity between U.S. institutions and developing countries and a rethinking of study abroad programs and collaborative initiatives. Describes such initiatives at Bard…

Notes that the political economy out of which the standard of "objectivity" emerged was that of democracy operating within a capitalist economy. Explains that Western journalism trainers attempting to inculcate that standard in developing countries must be aware that the same conditions have never prevailed there. Describes the Lajmi Mir…

Presents the view that the minority differential in United States literacy is parallel to the literacy problems of many countries where the home language of children differs markedly from the first language of reading instruction. Notes that this is the situation that prevails in many developing countries, in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Finds…

States that despite spending massive amounts of money to expand their educational systems, poor countries have witnessed a 4-decade decline in their medium economic growth rates from 3 percent in the 1960s to zero percent in the 1990s. Offers several reasons for the decline, such as variations in the quality of education and low labor…

Studies the causes of infant deaths among Nigerian children and the relative contributions of neonatal and postneonatal mortality to infant mortality. (CB)

Argues that the contributions of women, especially from developing nations, have remained for too long an untold story in classrooms. Discusses readings that present the words and lives of ordinary women from the following regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. (DB)

Using a case study approach, it is argued that evaluators play a critical role as change agents in foreign assistance projects directed at building Third World organizations. Evaluators affect stakeholder issues, commitment to project objectives, judgments of project accomplishments, consensus among project implementors, and perspective of…

Includes "The Case of Western Europe: Integration and Change in the EEC--The Fortress and the Excluded" (Conroy); "The Case of Eastern Europe: Why Community Development Still Has to Find a Role in Hungary" (Tausz); and "The Case of the Third World: People's Self-Development (Rahman). (SK)

Presents three articles that examine Extension's role in supporting and empowering women. Looks at historical and current trends in appointing women to Extension management positions; examines an Extension program aimed at women in business; and takes a global view of opportunities for Extension to empower women within Extension and as a special…

Briefly describes the methods used to provide library orientation (an introduction to the physical plant, policies, procedures and resources of the library) and library instruction (bibliographic and research skills) in Nigerian medical libraries. (five references) (CLB)