A supplement to the bibliography of materials dealing with Africa in the Land Tenure Center Library at the University of Wisconsin, this bibliography on rural development in Africa is divided into three major sections as follows: (1) General (400 entries); (2) Central Africa including a general section (2 entries); Cameroon (26 entries); Central…

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) promotes access to learning between universities and other educational institutions throughout the British Commonwealth through distance education and the application of communication technologies. Functions and objectives of COL in distance education are: creation and development of programs in member countries;…

This annual report describes the years efforts by Save the Children, a leading international nonprofit childrens humanitarian and development organization working in more than 40 countries. The report highlights the work of the organization in 2002 to provide care and protection to children affected by natural disasters, war, displacement, and…

This review is a medium for dissemination of information and views on agricultural education and training, extension, and related subjects to the member governments and field workers of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The document consists of more than two dozen articles and comments on agricultural education,…

This annual report marks the 75th anniversary of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and describes the IIE's 1994 activities and programs. During 1994 more than 10,000 individuals studied, conducted research, received practical training, or provided international technical assistance under 248 programs IIE administered for 217 sponsors,…

Opening remarks by Else Granheim, President of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), address the meeting theme--"The Basis of Library and Information Services for National Development"--with special attention to the promotion of the reading habit and adult education. Remarks cover IFLA activities in the past…

Early childhood is a time of remarkable transformation and extreme vulnerability. Programmes that support young children during the years before they go to primary school provide strong foundations for subsequent learning and development. Such programmes also compensate for disadvantage and exclusion, offering a way out of poverty. This Report…

The chairman's report to the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas covers financial outlays, expenditure cuts and program assistance ventures conducted with British government approval to educationally impoverished areas in Africa, the Caribbean, the Far East and other locales during 1978-79. The chairman argues that the IUC's…

Opening with a message from president Thomas B. Keehn, the publication presents the reports of four regional representatives for Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America focusing on the following organizational goals: (1) developing and expanding the World Education program of integrating family life planning with functional literacy…