This journal focuses on comparative education and has four major sections. The "Viewpoint/Controversy" section contains one article: "Is the Globalization of the Economy Creating Values for a New Civilization?" (Koichiro Matsuura). The "Open File: Rethinking Educational Aid" section contains the following articles: "From Project to Programme to Sector-Wide Support: Some Questions and Concerns" (Lene Buchert); "EC-India Collaboration in Primary Education: Sector-Wide Approaches to Development Co-operation" (Shanti Jagannathan; Mervi Karikorpi); "Sector-Wide Approach to Education: Views from Sida" (Agneta Lind; Christine McNab); "An Assessment of New Modalities in Development Assistance" (Noel F. McGinn); "Sector Support Approach to Financing Basic Education: Lessons from Bangladesh" (Upali Sedere); "Mayan Participation in Educational reform in Guatemala: Changing the Policy Environment" (Linda Asturias; Katherine Grigsby; Theo Oltheten); and "The Sector Approach and Its Implications for Technical Assistance: The Social Fund for Development, Egypt" (Samir T. IsHak; Hussein M. El Gammal). The "Trends/Cases" section contains these articles: "'Different' at School: Discrimination and a Monitoring System to Forestall It" (Angeles Sagastizabal); and "The Rights of the Child and Education in Japan in the Light of the United Nations Convention" (Akiyoshi Kawaguchi). The "Profiles of Famous Educators" section contains this article: "Anisio Teixeira (1900-71)" (Carlos Roberto Cury). (BT)