The eighth dispatch contains abstracts of publications from all over the world which focus on vocational education and training development. The first section, News in Brief, consists of 37 abstracts presented under the following topics: forthcoming events, new policies, new institutions, training systems development, training standards, management, methods and media, occupational outlook, research, and for the bookshelf. The second section consists of 20 lengthier and more substantive abstracts on the following subjects: women in employment (Iran and United Kingdom); occupational outlook (France and United Kingdom); nonformal education (Peru and Poland); systems development (Australia, Federal Republic of Germany, Ivory Coast, and Peru); agricultural vocational training (Switzerland); rehabilitation training (Brazil); syllabi of vocational secondary schools (USSR); research needs and training methodologies (United States); and youth programs (Africa and Philippines). The abstracts include a subject and contents analysis as well as the author, title, bibliographical references, and translation of title where needed. (EC)