This paper examines the informal economy and its relationship to commonly held theories of industrial development. Evidence is presented which contradicts the prevailing assumption that informal economies will disappear with the advance of modern industrial growth. (Author/JDH)

Reviews the evolution of the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, which advanced discussions on the connection between refugees and the development process. Discusses potential roles of the World Bank and the World Food Program in providing technical assistance to refugee-related development projects. (Author/GC)

Illustrates approaches to what training can and should do for the development process of a country, including alternative styles of training, needs analysis, planning and design models, evaluation, and passive versus active learning. (SK)

Proposed is a systems analysis approach to managing the economic, cultural, and scientific development of Third World nations. (SL)

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Dependency theory was part of the reaction against the thesis that proclaimed the benefits of economic integration into the capitalist world. The theory emphasizes the interplay between the internal structures of developing nations and international structures, and analyzes desirable national strategies and policies for structural changes. (CS)

Intercropping involves growing two or more crops at the same time in the same field. Encouragement of this traditional African farming method would increase food supplies in Jamaica and reduce imports of food. The local expertise of small farmers in Third World countries can help solve many world problems. (CS)

Summarizes the proposed New International Economic Order, tracing its origins and interpretations. Examines options available for different groups of developing countries and for certain industrialized states and explores avenues for furthering common interests, countering hidden biases, and avoiding conflicts. (RH)

Polynomial regression, using indices of femaleness for major occupational categories, was used to assess the relationship between economic development and the integration of women into economic activity in 162 countries. The data suggest no clear-cut linear or curvilinear relationship. (Author/SK)

Examines some of the central issues of world literacy and national literacy programs and discusses both their difficulties and successes. (AEA)

Explores the problems facing women in Third World and developing countries as progress takes place. Presents a view of the economic development and its differential impact on women and men. (Author/CK)

Sketches the history of the expansion of multinational advertising agencies. Then examines the growth, characteristics, and consequences of these agencies in an important region of the developing world, Latin America. (PD)

Hypothesizes that the evident injustice which characterizes the present international structure of communication (developing nations exploited by developed nations) has created a need for a new international order of communications. Emphasizes that communication should be based on free and balanced international exchange and circulation of…

An integrated system of higher education geared to the national development plan can bring about fundamental shifts in national consciousness that will result in a more harmonious relationship between the principal resource of all development activities--people--and the goals toward which the national plans are aimed. (Author/IRT)