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Download full textCarloni, Alice Stewart – 1987
Based on desk reviews and/or field studies of 102 projects related to women, this report synthesizes the results of A.I.D. experience since 1973 in targeting women in development (WID) activities. The major finding is that mainstream projects that ensure women's participation in accordance with their roles within the project's baseline situation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Development, Developing Nations, Educational Development
McCorkle, Constance M.; Gilles, Jere L. – 1986
Because negative stereotypes have direct implications for social scientists' functioning and inclusion on multidisciplinary teams working in international development, rural sociologists should be aware of these stereotypes, identify their sources and modes of perpetuation, and utilize strategies to dispel unflattering characterizations.…
Descriptors: Credibility, Developing Nations, Interdisciplinary Approach, International Programs
Tillman, George; Wasilewski, Ania, Ed. – 1994
Written in both English and French this is a manual for the Canadian research community. It describes the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and its operations. The main objective of the IDRC is to assist scientists in developing countries to identify and conduct research into long term practical solutions to development problems.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBujazan, Michael; And Others – Comparative Education, 1987
At the policy level, the World Bank and other aid agencies evidence a practical orientation, emphasizing problems described as solvable by expertise and improved use of capital. In reality, tension exists between educational planning based on positivistic, technical rationality and political interaction grounded in situational considerations. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Role, Comparative Education, Decision Making
Reutlinger, Shlomo; And Others – 1986
Food security means access by all people at all times to enough food for an active and healthy life. Available data suggest that more than 700 million people in the developing world lack the food necessary for such a life. No problem of underdevelopment may be more serious or have such important implications for the long-term growth of low-income…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Cashman, Kristin – 1987
In order to better understand problems encountered in meeting the particular agricultural education and training needs of students from developing countries, 30 students enrolled in the College of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota in academic year 1983-84 were interviewed to assess individual backgrounds and agricultural training to date,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills
Harris, Christopher – 1985
In this paper, two major schools of thought regarding disaster and disaster assistance are identified and examined in order to bring to light their underlying assumptions about assistance and development in the Third World. The first section discusses the context of the problem, citing figures and presenting charts to illustrate the scope and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Earthquakes, Ecological Factors
Hayward, J. A. – 1987
Agricultural extension is one component in an array including research, training, education, marketing, international trade, etc. which develop together to bring about growth, and sustained growth determines the priorities for extension. These priorities depend inevitably on the stage of development of a country or region, and on the current…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education
