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Lindsay, Beverly; And Others – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1977
Historical and social reasons for the traditional roles of African women in agriculture, commerce, and wage employment are examined. Some adverse effects of technological development on the position of women are cited. Recommendations are presented for integrating women into the modern economy through education. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Draper World Population Fund, Washington, DC. – 1984
World population growth and family planning progress in developing nations are discussed. The Draper Fund, established within the Population Crisis Committee (PCC) in 1975 to honor PCC's principal founder, encourages and funds activities which promise the greatest impact in slowing world population growth. There are 10 articles and an editorial.…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Contraception, Developing Nations, Family Planning
Kenya Inst. of Education, Nairobi. – 1979
The linkage between formal education and the development efforts of third world nations is examined. Consideration is given to the fields in which education may be most helpful, such as social, political, and cultural. The extent to which the development of education itself is a part of the total national development effort is also discussed. A…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Educational Development
Cuypers, Stefaan E. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2004
This paper argues that the progressive, revisionist reaction within Catholic education and schooling, as well as within Catholicism at large, to the challenge of modernity is a mistake. In view of modernity's malaises, it advocates instead the affirmation or reaffirmation of the ideal of traditional Catholicism as the only authentic response for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Religion, Educational Philosophy, Catholic Schools