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Hall, Eve – 1988
In addition to describing how training programs for African refugees fail to meet the needs of women (who along with children are the majority of refugees), this document offers guidelines for improving the programs and, thus, the productivity and incomes of women refugees. The first section, called "Women Refugees: The Overlooked…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Females
Tripney, Janice; Hombrados, Jorge; Newman, Mark; Hovish, Kimberly; Brown, Chris; Steinka-Fry, Katarzyna; Wilkey, Eric – Campbell Collaboration, 2013
Background: The increase of low-income, low-skilled youth in the labour market, particularly in developing countries, is a major concern internationally. In some regions of the world, young people are nearly three times as likely as adults to be unemployed. They are also more likely to work in the informal labour market than adults, in low quality…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Vocational Education, Intervention, Employment Potential
Inganji, Francis – 1983
This detailed report states that information and documentation services in Eastern and Southern African countries are expected to: (1) increase the efficiency of research, development, and training; (2) improve the efficiency and competitiveness of industry and technology, particularly of medium-sized and small concerns, by assisting professional…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developing Nations, Documentation, Financial Support
World Bank, Washington, DC. Human Development Network. – 2000
The challenges of making rural schools more effective vary with different types of rural conditions. But typically these challenges might include any of the following: teacher shortages, lack of facilities, isolation, HIV/AIDS and related social stigma, war crises and displaced populations, multigrade and shift teaching, administration of small…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1981
Participants in the Second Eastern Hemisphere Seminar (held at Salisbury, Zimbabwe in 1981) discussed topics related to the theme of integrated and early childhood education. The seminar was organized into plenary and small group discussions centered on four sub-topics of the broad theme: (1) Early Childhood Education: The Community Dimension; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation