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Safa, Helen I. – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1981
Explores the effects on women of export processing, or the manufacture of exports in developing countries for sale overseas. Emphasizes that, in assessing export processing as a development strategy in Third World countries, its effects on the status of women must be considered to prevent their exploitation as a source of cheap labor. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Kutch, Kerry; And Others – Transnational Perspectives, 1988
Materials from the Third San Remo (Italy) Seminar on Refugee Issues (November 11-17, 1987) include "Economic, Political and Social Impacts of Afghan Refugees on Pakistan" (Kutch, Noelte); "Afghan Refugee Children in Pakistan" (Smyke); and a 57-item bibliography. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights
Wazir, Rekha; van Oudenhoven, Nico – 1998
There is an increasing tendency on the part of international development players to redefine their relationships as "partnerships." This paper explores the concept of development partnerships, particularly those formed for the benefit of children. A discussion of the differences in the context, form and substance of the discourses and settings in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Department of State, Washington, DC. Bureau of Public Affairs. – 1988
Designed to explore the interests and objectives of U.S. foreign policy, this book addresses: (1) national security and arms control; (2) economic programs and trends; (3) human rights efforts; (4) science and technological developments; (5) relationships with various world regions; and (6) the need for an adequate foreign affairs budget. Chapter…
Descriptors: Budgets, Civil Rights, Disarmament, Economic Development
van Oudenhoven, Nico; Wazir, Rekha – 1998
This paper reviews the key issues and methodologies involved in the replication of social programs, as they pertain to non-profit sector development in the United States and in international development. The related process of knowledge transfer and dissemination, as well as the more specific strategies involved in replication and going-to-scale…
Descriptors: Children, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development