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Adamson, Peter – UNICEF, 2005
This review of child poverty in rich countries finds that the proportion of children living in poverty in the developed world has risen in 17 out of the 24 OECD nations for which data are available. No matter which of the commonly-used poverty measures is applied, the situation of children is seen to have deteriorated over the last decade. UNICEF…
Descriptors: Poverty, Children, Developed Nations, Social Justice
Targowski, Andrew S. – 1996
A new world has arrived in which computer and communications technologies will transform the national and global economies into information-driven economies. This is triggering the Information Revolution, which will have political and societal impacts every bit as profound as those of the Industrial Revolution. The 21st century is viewed as one…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Educational Technology