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United Nations Economic and Social Council, New York, NY. – 1983
The minutes of the Conference, recording the place, date, attendance, election of officers, agenda, and summaries of major speeches, comprise this document. Adopted resolutions and relevant discussions are presented. These include: (1) guidelines for regional and national actions aimed at improving the status of women; (2) short-term measures to…
Descriptors: Conferences, Developing Nations, Economics, Females
United Nations Economic and Social Council, New York, NY. – 1984
The report includes an analysis of the regional situation, trends, and prospects for the advancement of women. It includes a declaration of principles recognizing that the investigations and discussions are held within the context of the United Nations system and within the consideration of the progress made during the United Nations Decade for…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Family Role, Females, Feminism
Download full textZeigler, Harmon – 1986
Educational development in a country should reliably predict the level of wealth and its distribution. Undeveloped societies tend to have highly inegalitarian distribution functions. The development process accelerates this tendency by rewarding wealthy segments of the population that are in a position to invest in the growing economy. Finally, in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Abegaz, Berhanu, Ed. – Studies in Third World Societies, 1986
The four papers in this volume discuss various facets of the poverty-demography interaction: the rationale for the desired family size of the poor, the problems of attaining such size, the effect of family size/structure on household economy, and the future well-being of the children of the poor. "Mass Poverty, Demography, and Development…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Developing Nations, Development
Damerow, Peter, Ed.; And Others – 1986
This document contains 22 papers presented at an international congress on mathematical education. An introductory report describes the work of the theme group, "Mathematics for All," motivated by the move to universal elementary education in developing countries, the move to universal secondary education in industrialized countries, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education
A Cooperative Research Group for the Study of Culture and Science Education in Developing Countries.
Cobern, William W. – 1993
In the West, science is assumed to be an integral part of Western culture. What interests Western educators and policy makers is achievement in science, particularly the comparative achievement in science among students of different Western nations plus Japan. Americans are constantly asking whether or not our students know as much science as…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Traits, Developing Nations
