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Peer reviewedSaunders, Peter – OECD Observer, 1984
Discusses achievements of an expanding public sector in education, health, and income maintenance. Also discusses adverse consequences of developments in these areas as related to labor supply and demand and to savings and investment. Effects of government tax and spending policies on the distribution of income are also addressed. (JN)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Expenditures, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Gold, Howard, Ed. – 1985
This document consists of articles which have been selected to provide insight into different aspects of the relationship between the two most pressing and challenging issues of the current time. The first is the need to achieve a just level of economic development for two-thirds of the world's population that live in poverty. The second is the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Development, Disarmament
Lange, Wilhelm; Breuer, Michael – 1989
Small businesses have made a decisive contribution to the reconstruction and development of the German economy and society since World War II. The Federal Republic of Germany considers small-scale industry important and has granted tax relief and initiated a wide range of loan and guarantee programs for them. The Act against Restraints of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Employed Women
Peer reviewedO'Brien, Edward L.; Wilderson, Fawn – Social Education, 1987
Reviews facts and statistics regarding the use of emergency powers by the South African government. Details the effects of restrictions on constitutional rights and reveals that two-thirds of all killings which occurred during the state of emergency were done by security forces. (JDH)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Constitutional Law, Court Role, Democracy
Winrock International Livestock Research & Training Center. Morrilton, AR. – 1983
The four chapters of this analysis of world agriculture deal with production, consumption, and world trade. World food production and consumption continued to grow rapidly in the 1970's, but at a rate somewhat slower than in the 1960's. It is projected that for the 1990's consumption will increase faster than production in most of the world's…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Supplies, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture
Tollett, Kenneth S. – 1983
This paper begins with the theme that because education is so important to the exercise of one's fundamental rights and to personal, social, cultural, political, economic, and human development, it is one of the unenumerated rights retained by the American people through Amendment IX of the Bill of Rights. After arguing for the proposition that…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Economic Development, Education
Goosman, William F. – 1995
This report is part of the Investing in People Project, in which states worked to develop and implement work force preparation and training strategies to meet the challenge of a competitive global economy. The choices that states, firms, and individuals must make in order to enjoy a high standard of living are discussed. In order to achieve a high…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Download full textCompetitiveness Policy Council, Washington, DC. – 1993
This publication contains detailed reports from the eight subcouncils established by the Competitiveness Policy Council to develop specific policy recommendations in eight areas. "Building a Standards-Based School System" (Education Subcouncil) recommends redirecting the education system toward achieving the National Education Goals,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capital, Competition, Dislocated Workers
Competitiveness Policy Council, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Competitiveness Policy Council (CPC) concludes that the United States continues to face major competitiveness problems despite recent increases in the growth of both the economy and national productivity. It proposes sweeping educational reform in three areas: developing content and performance standards; ensuring that schools have the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capital, Competition, Dislocated Workers
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1990
The conference reported in this document focused on the issues surrounding the progress of urban public schools in bringing about reforms aimed at providing the nation's future workforce with marketable skills, obtainable only through education. Section 1, "Perspectives on Educating Tomorrow's Workforce," contains the following articles:…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Quality
