India has established district institutes of education and training (DIETs) to improve the quality of elementary education. These institutions use of the Lab Area approach, which focuses on innovative ideas and experiments related to elementary education and teacher development. Studies show that this approach has a positive impact. This paper…

Examines the World Bank's 1995 policy statement, "Priorities and Strategies for Education: A World Bank Review." Reviews the bank's evolving policy of the past 35 years. Interprets the statement in light of recent structural adjustment strategies and end of the Cold War, which have sharpened bank attitudes about economic, social, and…

The crisis of mass schooling in a semiperipheral country is explored in the context of the Portuguese educational system in the 1970s and 1980s, following the installation of democracy. It is argued that studies of Mediterranean educational systems should be conducted using a model based on comparisons among similar nations. (SLD)

Gail Kelly's research on women's education in developing nations enriched scholarship on improving women's quality of life through education. Main strands of inquiry examined how school processes and curricula affect women's educational outcomes (versus men's), the false bifurcation of private and public spheres of women's lives, and how women's…

Presents excerpts from the journal of a U.S. educator who traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to conduct a workshop at an international writing conference for teachers. The journal discusses what it is like to be an American in a partially-Muslim country following the terrorist attacks of September 11th. It also addresses cultural differences and…

Argues that discussion of the role of English in development fails to recognize the success of narrowly focused community-based projects, in which basic first language literacy rather than English education is the goal. (Author/VWL)

Develops a framework for specifying and evaluating clients' needs in English for occupational purposes programs in terms of cost-benefit analyses. Shows how government agencies and nongovernmental organizations involved in language in development work can develop language programs with likely returns on investment and evaluate programmatic impacts…

A Canadian family toured Egypt by backpacking so they could experience the people and culture free of the insular effects of tourist accommodations. Direct exposure to people and culture, especially other children, was a valuable learning experience for their two young children and laid the foundation for an understanding of their responsibility…

An overview of literacy education in West Africa between 1800-1959 precedes an exploration of developments occurring since its independence, focusing on such factors affecting the lack of progress in the battle against literacy as disarticulation between educational development objectives and educational systems, language policies, teaching…

Models the survival outcomes of children in developing countries born to women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who are breast-fed, bottle-fed, and wet-nursed. Uses decision analysis to assess the relative risk of child mortality from HIV transmission and non-HIV causes associated with different methods of feeding. (FMW)

Describes attempts to develop library services in the island republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands). The development of rural library service in conjunction with school libraries is discussed, a postal library service is described, the establishment of village libraries is discussed, and constraints that have inhibited…

Estimates internal rates of return on primary, secondary, and university education in Chile between 1960 and 1985. Results show a declining time-trend in rates of return (especially social rates) attributable to expansion of the education system, the shift of labor demand from middle education to primary skills, and increasing real costs of…

Traces the history of social studies curriculum in Africa, emphasizing three curriculum traditions: citizenship transmission, social science, and reflective inquiry. Discusses the Kenyan experience of integrating social studies into the curriculum, focusing on the change from a colonial educational system to one that reflects Kenyan values and…

Traces the history of the educational system in Malawi up to the present. Reviews the educational plans of the Malawi government focusing on the Second Education Plan (1985-95). Discusses goals of the current plan that are aimed at all levels of the educational process. Stresses the goal of education for national development. (RW)

Examines how the Mexican government's penetration into 299 rural and urban counties, 1900-40, was related to growth in trade and service jobs. Emphasizes the government's support for written literacy and mass schooling as subtle strategies for incorporating peasants into urban institutions. Contains 39 references. (SV)