A brief discussion of audience research efforts by the Sri Landa Broadcasting Corporation. (HB)

Poverty in Africa can be attributed to colonial conquest and exploitation. The African economy was organized to meet the needs of the colonizing country, not the needs of the native population. Political independence did not bring about economic independence. A new economic order is needed between developed and developing nations. (MR)

The establishment of the Islamic States Broadcasting Organization is discussed. (HB)

Steps must be taken to enhance diets in order to ensure proper nutrition and total health as well as to avert periodic famine brought on by natural and man-made cataclysms. Some concrete technical, educational, economic and legislative proposals are advanced. (Author/RH)

Training and education hold an important place in a development strategy that attempts to bring past experience to bear on planning for the future economic and social health of developing nations. (JH)

This report of the International Piracy Project addresses three major topics: (1) The Costs and Complications of Piracy; (2) Rights Enforcement Today; and (3) Policy Options for Curbing Piracy. The first section discusses piracy of copyrights, patents, and other intellectual property, including economic losses and damage to the finances and…

Throughout history, famine has been linked to many of the most severe crises of humanity. Even with millenary of collective experience, the reaction of the world community to the an intense food crises fails to address the long-term impacts of famine. As governments and populations strive to cope with famine, many long-term changes take place in…

Because human beings are different and are necessarily subjective, and because evaluation always involves the human factor, many problems arise. The problems may be compounded in third world settings because they have been studied less, and are less understood, and because evaluators are often from outside the setting and therefore bring…

The World Bank, operating in a complex, diverse, and changing environment, provides financial advice and support to developing nations that range from macro-economic management to project design. Major changes in management systems have occurred during the 1980s and are reflected in the bank's assistance in: (1) analytical support of policy…

Citizens of a democracy have the responsibility to free themselves from the prevailing system of propaganda and ideology that the United States uses when intervening in developing nations. The U.S. government's propaganda system determines the "legitimate" questions to be discussed and the national press often fails to consider more than…

A look at the television facilities and organization of New Guinea. (HB)

This article is a review and discussion of Walter Rodney's recent book on African history entitled "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa." (HMD)

A report on the UNESCO Bureau of International Education Geneva conference, June 10-13, 1974, on the transformation of secondary school book-centered libraries into media centers. (Author/PF)