The underdevelopment of Blacks in the United States is due primarily to the lack of equal educational opportunities and to the denial of opportunity for on-the-job experience and training. If it is true that most capital formation must come from the savings of the developing group, the Black economy is likely to remain poor. (Author/RLV)

Explores some of the positive aspects of black power, discusses what the concept of black power suggests about the future direction of the black struggle and future U.S. race relations. Also speculates about the results of black power used as a vehicle for social change at the community and national level. (Author/JM)

Discusses the need for a redefinition of the post-World War II concept of international development due to the world's radical transformation during the 1970's. Topics covered are the search for new development models, sovereignty and self-reliance in newly independent nations, educational reconstruction, and women as agents of development. (SH)

Analyzes patterns of population growth in Africa, accounts for the population explosion in certain parts of the continent, and discusses implications of the population growth for economic development. Seven tables and two maps are included in the article. (Author/DB)

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is viewed as a way to help eliminate poverty, to add to the resources of black women, and to give support to black families. (TA)

Trends in vocational education and training (VET) within the European Union (EU) are examined from three viewpoints (education, geography, and industrial sociology) to determine whether policies have fostered the desired convergence of economies. Factors considered include pressures motivating VET reform, changes in national VET policies, and…

Describes the results of a nationwide survey on environmental protection and sustainable development in Nigeria in 1992. The intention of this study was to provide reliable and useful information to those involved in forming policies about environmental protection and sustainable development. A vast majority of the respondents opted for strict…

Argues the role of education as a wealth-generating and transformative resource for both local and national economies as communities shift from assembly-line to high-tech economies. Discussions include educational policy implications during a shift to high-technology industries, school districts as job generators, and universities as economic…

Presents an ethnographic study of the Asian Business Association in San Diego (California) highlighting the role that well-educated first generation immigrants play in pan-Asian economic mobilization. It examines how the first and subsequent generations challenged the institutionalized economic barriers in order to protect and promote their…

Data on rural-urban differences in access to telecommunications technology suggest that the U.S. "digital divide" is diminishing. However, major shortcomings in telecommunications infrastructure persist in rural America, and more serious barriers to rural development are related to human capital shortages. These may be resolved in some…

Research universities will have a growing role in regional economic development if they embrace trends affecting economic development in a knowledge society; see their social role as mobilizing and making accessible campus-wide academic resources relevant to knowledge problems; and invest politically and financially in facilitating, brokering, and…

Reviews aspects of the Bureau of Economic Analysis's 10th comprehensive revision reported in issues of the "Survey of Current Business." Focuses on the new method identified in the revision that provides an accurate characterization of changes in economic activity not affected by different relative prices in a new base year. (CMK)

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 study examined how government agencies, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and community organizations in Latin America cooperate in development activities. A model outlines each sector's functions in service delivery, human resource development and training, resource mobilization, research, and public education; the stages of…