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Peer reviewedGrace, Victoria; Arnoux, Louis – Community Development Journal, 1998
Rural women in less-developed nations use fuels that can be toxic and are becoming scarce. Feminist, sociological, and community-development issues were involved in the process of introducing clear-burning fuel, enabling a focus on both the effects on the health of fuel users and concern for ecological sustainability. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Females
Loutfi, Martha Fetherolf; And Others – Women at Work, 1980
Examines and analyzes some basic questions on women's place in the process of development. Outlines the low position women occupy in various economies in the developing world which makes them the most underprivileged group of workers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Mohor, S. – 1979
This paper, one of a series of Unesco technical reports, discusses agricultural production in Latin America and the Caribbean and examines the role played by education in the region. Written in Spanish, the paper consists of four parts. Part I deals with the different types of agricultural production and examines the historic origins and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Mohsini, S. R. – 1989
The "Folkehojskole," or Folk High School (more accurately translated as "People's College") which is Denmark's unique contribution to adult education, offer residential adult instruction. The aims of folk education are to help adults behave as independent and mature members of the community and think and speak freely. Emphasis…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Community Schools, Cultural Education
Mohanty, B. B. – 1989
This book is a compilation of 12 articles and papers on topics of relevance to adult education in India. "Nonformal Education in the Learning Society" highlights the importance of this type of education. "Adult Education in India" presents one educator's views about this topic, the size and dimensions of the problems, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Audiovisual Aids, Citizen Participation
Download full textGow, Kathryn M. – 1999
One possible way of educating residents of developing countries is through a "university for the poor" based on shared village Internet posts and village technology learning centers. Western colleges and universities could donate their courses, and multinational organizations could subsidize the program's administration. Academics could…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Developing Nations, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Berlin (Germany). – 1998
This document is a comprehensive report a subregional seminar for eastern and southern African countries on the Jua Kali movement. (Jua Kali, "hot sun" in Swahili, refers to the informal or nonformal sector of the economy.) Section 1 explains the role of the International Project on Technical and Vocational Education (UNEVOC) in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Developing Nations, Economic Development
