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2. Population Dynamics and Educational Development: A Selection of Papers Presented at the Regional Seminar of Experts on Population Dynamics and Educational Planning (Bangkok, Thailand, September 10-18, 1973).
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania.
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A selection of papers on Asian population trends and educational development is presented in four parts. Part I defines the major components of Asian population growth as the rapid decline in mortality after 1945, relative increases in the population of less developed regions, accelerated fertility potential, and unequal distribution of wealth. Education is characterized by unequal opportunity and a high dropout rate in primary grades. Part II views rapid population growth as an obstacle to progress and discusses the shortage of capital, the employment dilemma, rising costs of services, social development, and the difficulties of setting educational priorities. Case studies are presented which focus on educational expansion and equality in Japan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, and Singapore. Part III focuses on rural-urban migration and highlights the problems of this migration with case studies of India, Japan, and Indonesia. Part IV discusses the need for educational innovation and suggests that planners redefine educational objectives more democratically. This section discusses international cooperation in education, radical policies for rural areas, local input into the educational system, and the importance of family planning. A selected bibliography is included. (Author/DB)
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- 1974
3. ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF SCIENCE TEACHING OF UNESCO. PAPER PRESENTED AT THE AAAS MEETING, DECEMBER 26, 1967, NEW YORK.
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BAEZ, ALBERT V.
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A PAPER PRESENTED TO THE SECTION ON EDUCATION (Q) OF THE 1967 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE ANNUAL CONVENTION, THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION OF SCIENCE TEACHING (DST) OF UNESCO. INCLUDED ARE DISCUSSIONS OF (1) THE OVERALL PROGRAM BUDGET, (2) AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DST AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE EDUCATION SECTOR OF UNESCO, AND (3) A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT OVERALL PROGRAM AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. THE PRESENT PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED UNDER ITS FOUR MAIN PARTS (1) COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, (2) PILOT PROJECTS ON NEW APPROACHES AND MATERIALS FOR THE TEACHING OF BASIC SCIENCES, (3) OTHER ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF THE BASIC SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY AND POST-GRADUATE LEVELS, AND (4) STIMULATION OF INTEREST IN SCIENCE. SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS BEING CARRIED OUT UNDER EACH OF THE FOUR MAIN PARTS ARE DISCUSSED AND THE PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AFFECTED ARE INDICATED. A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE PROVISION OF MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS INCLUDED. (DS)
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- 1967
4. DEVELOPING MASS MEDIA IN ASIA, PAPERS OF UNESCO MEETING AT BANGKOK, JANUARY 1960. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 30.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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IN ASIA, THE MOST POPULOUS REGION OF THE WORLD, THE COUNTRIES SUFFERING MOST FROM POVERTY AND ILLITERACY ARE ALSO THE POOREST IN COMMUNICATION FACILITIES. PROGRAMS ARE NEEDED TO DEVELOP NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL CIRCULATION, NEWS AGENCIES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, RADIO BROADCASTING, FILMS, AND TELEVISION. JOURNALISTS NEED TO BE TRAINED IN ALL THE INFORMATION MEDIA. LOCAL LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED, READER PREFERENCE IN MAGAZINES SHOULD BE DETERMINED, LOW-COST RADIO RECEIVERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED, HIGH PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO DEVELOPMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES, NATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AND SHOULD COOPERATE. GOVERNMENTS SHOULD ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN INDUSTRIES NECESSARY TO THE INFORMATION MEDIA. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS 1605.B FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE MASS COMMUNICATION CLEARING HOUSE, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $1.50. (MF)
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- 1960
5. Human Welfare and Technological Innovation. Open Grants Papers No. 2.
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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. East-West Center., Hayashi, Yujiro, Hayashi, Yujiro, and Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. East-West Center.
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This publication on human welfare and technological innovation contains two sections. The first section examines the objectives and functions of technological innovation while the second section discusses the direction and analysis of technology transfer between Japan and other nations. Subtopics within the first section include: (1) characteristics of technology, (2) human and environmental problems associated with technology, and (3) countermeasures to offset the problems of increasing technology. Section 2 contains five subtopics dealing with Japan's technology and its relationship to Asia and the world. These subtopics analyze problems stemming from the change in the industrial structure of Japan, examine Japan's role in the international division of labor and in the energy crisis, discuss the characteristics of Japan's science and technology and her relations with the United States and the industrialized nations of Europe, analyze relationships in the international division of labor in Asia, and discuss the need to develop a new scale for perception of environmental quality. (Author/DE)
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- 1974
6. SOCIAL EDUCATION THROUGH TELEVISION, AN ALL INDIA RADIO-UNESCO PILOT PROJECT. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 38.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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TELECLUBS, BECAUSE OF THE NOVELTY OF TELEVISION, WERE SO POPULAR THAT OVERCROWDING, AS WELL AS UNEVEN ATTENDANCE BY CLUB MEMBERS, AFFECTED THE GOAL OF EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF TELECASTS ON CITIZENSHIP. GREATER SUCCESS WAS REALIZED IN BRINGING ABOUT SHIFTS IN INFORMATION THAN IN ATTITUDES, PERHAPS, BECAUSE THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP STARTED AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF ATTITUDE THAN INFORMATION. THE MEMBERS WERE MOSTLY LOWER MIDDLE CLASS AND MALE, WITH A HIGH REPRESENTATION OF PROFESSIONALS. A BASELINE SURVEY AND A TERMINAL SURVEY OF 20 CLUBS AND THEIR 418 MEMBERS MEASURED THE IMPACT OF 20 SPECIAL TELECASTS. A SUPPLEMENTARY GROUP PARTICIPATION ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE WAS GIVEN TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THE NUMBER OF FRIENDS THE MEMBERS HAD IN THE TELECLUBS ON THEIR ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATION, AND RESPONSE. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS B.1922 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OF FROM THE DIVISION OF FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $0.50. (MF)
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- 1963
7. RADIO AND TELEVISION IN THE SERVICE OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 49.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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PLANNING AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRIES OF ASIA SHOULD PLAN TO USE THE WIDE, INSTANTANEOUS RANGE AND INTIMATE APPEAL OF BROADCASTING TO LIFT THE LOW LEVELS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, PRODUCTIVITY, INCOME, MOTIVATION, AND NATIONAL INVOLVEMENT OF THEIR PEOPLE. IN PLANNING FOR ITS USE IN FORMAL EDUCATION, THEY SHOULD ANTICIPATE NEEDS IN SCHOOL-BUILDING DESIGN, TEACHER EDUCATION, AND UNIVERSITY-TYPE BROADCASTS. IN PLANNING FOR INFORMAL EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LISTENING CLUBS AND TELECLUBS SHOULD BE PLANNED FOR AND RECEIVERS MADE AVAILABLE. PROVISION SHOULD ALSO BE MADE FOR TRAINING IN EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AND FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF PROGRAMS. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS B.2266 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE DIVISION OF FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $1.00. (MF)
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- 1967
8. VISUAL AIDS IN FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, REPORT ON THE UNESCO REGIONAL SEMINAR IN SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA HELD IN NEW-DELHI, INDIA 8-27 SEPTEMBER 1958. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION, NO. 27.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). and THAPAR, ROMESH
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SUCH TRADITIONAL VISUAL MEDIA AS VILLAGE PLAYS, PUPPETRY, AND SHADOW PLAYS CAN BE CREATED LOCALLY WITH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY THE LEARNER AND USED EFFECTIVELY IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. OTHER VISUAL MEDIA, SUCH AS FILMS, CAN BE BEST PRODUCED NATIONALLY IN VISUAL AIDS CENTERS IF GOOD COMMUNICATIONS ARE MAINTAINED WITH THE FIELD WORKERS AND IF AN AWARENESS IS KEPT OF SOCIAL SETTINGS AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. FILM SOCIETIES WITH WELL-STOCKED FILM LIBRARIES CAN HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTION. SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION WITH BASELINE SURVEYS, PRE-RELEASE TESTING AND CONTROL GROUPS IS ESSENTIAL. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE DIVISION OF FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $0.75. (MF)
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- 1959
9. Symposium on Southeast Asian Library Resources. Papers and Proceedings.
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Australian National Univ., Canberra. Library.
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These are published presentations of the symposium in Canberra, Australia. The first major paper is a survey of Southeast Asian Studies in Australia since 1945. Other papers include: a review of progress of the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographic Services survey of Southeast Asian resources in Australian libraries; current and future Southeast Asian research needs; procurement of library materials from Southeast Asia by the National Library, Monash University, and libraries in the United Kingdom; a concept of a Southeast Asia reference and bibliographical center. There were comments and discussion following most of the papers. The culmination is a discussion of possible future action. "Recollections on Southeast Asian Studies and the Library of Congress" by Cecil Hobbs is appended. (LS)
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- 1973
10. Chinese Dialects in Southeast Asia. Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 7 No. 4.
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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Dept. of Linguistics. and Leok Har Chan
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This paper discusses the dialects of the Chinese people who have settled in various countries of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Laos, North and South Vietnam, and the Khmer Republic. Data are first given regarding the area in general. The data are then broken down according to individual country. The information includes the percentage of Chinese living in each country, the dialects of Chinese spoken, the number of speakers per dialect, and observations on some of the dialects. Maps are included showing the geographical distribution of the various dialects in each country. (CFM)
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- 1974
11. Comment on Papers by Hayami, Saxonhouse, and Wilkins.
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Yamamura, Kozo
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TECHNOLOGY transfer ,TECHNOLOGY ,AGRICULTURE - Abstract
Comments on an article about technology diffusion. Concept of technology diffusion; Political and economic relevance of technology; Perspective on Asian agricultural development.
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- 1974
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12. Discussion of the paper by Willard H. Wright: "schistosomiasis as a world problem".
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McMullen DB
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- Adult, Africa, Asia, Asia, Southeastern, Child, Child, Preschool, Egypt, Humans, World Health Organization, Zimbabwe, Schistosomiasis epidemiology
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- 1968
13. Collected Papers. Volume One: Settlement and Social Change in Asia.
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PLATH, DAVID W.
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SOCIAL settlements ,SOCIAL change - Published
- 1973
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14. A RELUCTANT REVOLUTION AMONG ASIAN NEWSPAPERS.
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LENT, JOHN A.
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JOURNALISM ,INDUSTRIAL revolution ,NEWSPAPERS ,FREEDOM of the press ,PRESS & politics ,PURCHASING power ,NEWSPRINT ,FINANCE - Abstract
The article focuses on the issues on the restrained revolution of the newspaper industry in Asia. Press Foundation of Asia director Amitabha Chowdhury says that Asian newspaper is unable to maximize its revolution as it lack some powerful catalysts including lower newspaper price, market identification, and media design. It states that despite having press freedom, some constitutions in Asia are being suspended for emergency conditions; thus, shows press freedom to be on the hands of the government. It adds that the industry also faces economic problems such as finance for newsprint, modern equipment, and their own plants and the purchasing power of customers. It explores the conditions of newspaper industries in various Asian countries including Burma, Ceylon, and Philippines.
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- 1972
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15. INTERNATIONAL NEWS IN THE ARABIC PRESS: A COMPARATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS.
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Abu-Lughod, Ibrahim
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PRESS ,JOURNALISM ,MASS media ,NEWSPAPERS - Abstract
This article focuses on the comparative content analysis of the Arabic press. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the extent to which the reading publics in various Arab countries are being exposed to news of international events. Secondly, the kind of information the press is transmitting and the relative attention it is paying to events involving different countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. Lastly, the favorable or unfavorable images of these other countries that this information is likely to convey to the readers. The content analysis was carried out in two phases. The first concerned the content of the entire newspaper. In this phase, printed space was measured and multiplied by the average number of pages per issue to obtain base totals for each prestige paper. The second phase of the analysis was confined to the first page only. Items appearing on this page were classified in greater detail. In the study it was found that, despite the small size of many Arabic newspapers, papers, internationally significant news, as opposed to news of local or regional reference, absorbs a surprisingly high percentage of total space. Objective changes in the world power situation and in the nature of Arab-Western interaction have not succeeded in suppressing the Arab's preoccupation with external affairs.
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- 1962
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16. SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION IN THE STUDY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD.
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Jayaraman, Raja
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SOCIAL change ,SOCIAL development ,SOCIAL goals ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
Copyright of Sociologia Ruralis is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 1973
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17. FOOD CONSUMPTION, NUTRITION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ASIAN COUNTRIES.
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Oshima, Harry T.
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FOOD consumption ,NUTRITION ,ECONOMIC conditions in Asia ,ASIANS - Abstract
In the postwar years numerous controversies have raged over the adequacy of the levels of food consumption in underdeveloped areas. Usually, the food issue appears to be discussed from the standpoint of health; in this paper, we ask whether food consumption is adequate for work purposes, as distinct from problems of health. In brief, our answer is that for the majority of working Asians, food intake is probably less than optimal from the economic viewpoint. In the concluding sections, the implications for economic development analysis are delineated. The first portions of the paper will evaluate the various qualitative findings of food consumption and concepts of requirements, after which a hypothesis designed to interpret the data will be presented. The discussion will focus on calorie intake which largely determines the output of energy in human physiology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1967
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18. Some Aspects of Asian Social Development.
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Chaudhry, Mahinder D.
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COMMUNITY development ,LAND reform ,EMPLOYMENT ,ECONOMIC development - Abstract
Evaluates various papers focusing on social development in Asia. Land reforms and agrarian change in India; Examination of professional profiles and employment problems in selected countries; Analysis of the political sociology of the process of economic development; Agrarian framework for development.
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- 1974
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19. ON THE PAST IN THE PRESENT IN ASIA.
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TATARS ,MILLS & mill-work ,ARMENIAN Highlands ,TRAVEL ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
A conference paper about the Asian influence in Europe is presented. It talks about the Tartar influence in European Russia. The author discusses his travels through Russia and the crossing of the Caucasus Mountains into Europe. Subjects of the paper also include tribes of Jews in the mountains, the Armenian Plain, and Tartar mill-work.
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- 1894
20. THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY IN ASIA.
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Castillo, Gelia T.
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RURAL sociology ,SOCIAL scientists ,AGRICULTURAL development ,AGRICULTURAL technology ,BEHAVIOR - Abstract
Copyright of Sociologia Ruralis is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 1964
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21. Background.
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ECONOMIC surveys ,CROSS references (Information retrieval) ,SOCIOECONOMICS ,DWELLINGS ,INFORMATION resources - Abstract
The article presents a list of articles, books, etc., used in cross-referencing some general topics. The article 'Economic Survey of Asia and the Far East,' discuses the substitution of home produced for imported goods for home use and the addition of manufactured goods to the traditional basic commodity exports. It is also a thorough economic study of the ECAFK area's agriculture, industry, and trade. The article "Some Consequences of Segmentation in India," discuses such areas as modernization of customs and economy are considered to be affected by the fragmentation of India's society. The article "New Zealand: Denmark of the South Pacific," presents an economic survey including material on opportunities for selling and investing there by U. S. companies. The article "Politics of Change in Latin America," is a collection of 13 essays by historians, political scientists, economists, and anthropologists on social, economic and political conditions. The article "Focus on East Anglia," is a factual report on industrial conditions and new plants in a section of southeast England.
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- 1964
22. Management Education in Southeast Asia.
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Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore. and Hoong, Yip Yat
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Management needs in Southeast Asia are the focal points of a workshop held in Penang, March 1972, by the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development. Following the opening statement concerning these needs, the discussions at the workshop and a background paper, "Developing Management Competence," are presented. (MJM)
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- 1972
23. Community Development and Agrarian Reform in The East Asian Setting.
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Smith, Theodore Reynolds
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COMMUNITY development ,LAND reform ,AGRICULTURAL development ,RURAL land use ,ECONOMIC development ,COOPERATIVE societies - Abstract
The purpose of this research paper is to enlarge the dimension of agrarian reform programs by considering them as a part of the community development role in agrarian improvement and economic development in general. The author's hypothesis shall be that community development programs are a necessary condition for economic development. Implicit in the author's discussion is the thought that community development programs can extend beyond traditional supporting services such as credit availability, technical advice and marketing co-operatives. In some countries, extensive agricultural support programs may, however, qualify for "full-blown" community development status. The contention is that for agrarian reform to make significant economic contributions, major support activities are required. After surveying rural agriculture in Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines, the author concluded that one institution appeared to stand above all others as a requisite for the existence of a strong agricultural sector and that is viable farmer associations.
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- 1973
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24. Population Pressure, Industrialization and Social Mobility.
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Hoselitz, Bert F.
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POPULATION ,INDUSTRIALIZATION ,SOCIAL mobility ,AGRICULTURE ,LABOR market ,LABOR supply ,DEVELOPMENT economics - Abstract
This paper discusses the problems of industrial development in Asian countries which show high densities of rural population and contrasts their probable pattern of industrialization with that of economically more highly advanced European countries. When an approximately equal proportion of the population of western European countries was dependent upon primary production, as is the case now in agriculture in most Asian countries, agricultural densities were only roughly a fourth as great as in Asia to-day. Yet in western Europe despite emigration of "surplus" labour and relatively large capital supplies, industrialization proceeded only fast enough to skim off the net addition to population in primary production. In Asia population press tire is higher than in Europe in the past arid capital is scarcer. Hence it is not probable that industrialization will proceed to the same degree arid in the same form as in. Europe. In place of generally large-scale production, many small and cottage industries are likely to develop These have lower productivity and hence lower wages than large industry, and the persistence of small-scale industry will impose the need to maintain separate labour markets for large and small industry. The maintenance of existing harriers or the introduction of new impediments to social mobility can be expected to provide a mechanism for an imperfectly "universalist" labour market in Asian countries and the continued existence of non-competing groups ha the industrial labour force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1957
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25. INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE CO-OPERATION IN DEVELOPING ASIA.
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Stonham, P.E.
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TRADE blocs ,COOPERATION - Abstract
This paper argues the need for trade co-operation to increase regional trade among the developing countries of Asia as a major component in the solution to the region's long-term development problems. In the course of this, it examines the existing pattern of trade within the region and its prospects, the state of trade policies, the implications of other regional schemes for economic co-operation, and the feasibility of trade co-operation policies. A detailed quantitative analysis of these problems would be monumental; the literature that already exists gives an idea of the scope of the task involved and, frequently, the inadequacy of the data. The more modest aim here is to make a largely qualitative assessment using broad statistical aggregates. Since, however, the problem of accelerated development from low per capita income levels is a dynamic one, this type of analysis can be illuminating. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1967
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26. Ethnic segregation in urban Israel.
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Klaff, Vivian Z. and Klaff, V Z
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CULTURAL pluralism ,SOCIAL distance ,SOCIAL participation ,ETHNIC groups ,GROUP identity ,SOCIAL classes ,COMPARATIVE studies ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,RESEARCH ,SOCIAL skills ,STATISTICS ,CITY dwellers ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,EVALUATION research - Abstract
Using an ecological perspective, one aspect of the relationship of social distance and physical distance is analyzed in the three largest cities in Israel. The principal aim of the paper is to examine ethnic (country of origin) residential segregation as an indicator of social patterning within the society. Despite the different demographic, topographical and functional characteristics of the three cities, fairly similar patterns of ethnic segregation are found using the technique of Smallest Space Analysis (SSA-I) to analyze index of dissimilarity matrices. Patterns of ethnic segregation are then related to the SES of sub-quarters to determine the nature of the internal structure of the cities. It is suggested that ethnicity is an important variable in the process of social stratification in urban Israel, at least insofar as ecological relationships are concerned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1973
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27. After Imperialism.
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Sumberg, Theodore A.
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NATIONALISM ,CIVIL war ,RELIGION ,WAR ,POLITICAL doctrines - Abstract
The article reports on nationalism in United States. There are scores of new States in Asia and Africa that are trying to set up free societies. It is a "new birth of freedom" on a grand scale. It is in fact freedom's greatest test, for it involves the older free regimes of Europe and the United States. If truth counts over charity, then one must point out that the new States will fail, if not all, then all but a few. Some are already succumbing to the initial perils of liberty that the last paper of the Federalist warned Americans against: "anarchy, civil war, a perpetual alienation of the States from each other, and perhaps the military despotism of a victorious demagogue." The real wonder is in believing that national unity could ever arise in freedom among the many units that nowadays arrogate to themselves the name of nation. They are nations only to the map maker. Many are areas marked off only for colonial administrative convenience; some have dozens, even hundreds, of languages, several antagonistic religions; a still uncounted welter of tribes living in mutual ignorance or traditional war; and above all there stands the great gulf between the village primitive and the urban modern.
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- 1963
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28. THE WEEK.
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WORLD news briefs ,COLONIES - Abstract
The article provides world news briefs. Representatives Clyde Doyle, William Tuck, and Donald Bruce of the House Committee on Un-American Activities' subcommittee on Communist infiltration of the Women Strike for Peace is discussed. The Malaysian Federation, comprised of former British colonies may succeed or not. A controversial photograph of Janet Jagan, who is the wife of Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan of Guyana, that was taken with Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong is discussed.
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- 1962
29. Revolution Is Our Business.
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Douglas, William O.
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PRACTICAL politics ,WAR ,WEALTH ,BUSINESS - Abstract
There is much talk these days of war. The author, of course, is not in a position to know, but he has a feeling that fears of the U.S. are often misplaced. He has a feeling that one has misinterpreted and misjudged some of the forces in the world. The battle for Asia is at the political level, and in that sense, the author thinks everybody in the U.S. has misinterpreted signs of the times. The situation cannot be stabilized with all the wealth of the world, with all of the guns of the world. Revolutions are in the making.
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- 1952
30. Employment and Unemployment Problems of the Near East and South Asia (Book).
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Eriksson, John R.
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UNEMPLOYMENT ,NONFICTION - Abstract
Reviews the book 'Employment and Unemployment Problems of the Near East and South Asia,' Vols. 1 and 2, edited by Ronald G. Ridker and Harold Lubell.
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- 1974
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31. A Letter From The PUBLISHER.
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Auer, Bernhard M.
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TOURS ,PERIODICALS ,BUSINESSPEOPLE - Abstract
The article focuses on "Time's" tour in Asia. It states that the tour includes 28 U.S. businessmen and professional leaders to give them the best possible journalistic view of theaters, and to seek information for themselves on the best facilities and sources that are available to the journal. The tour was attended by William R. Adams, president of Saint Regis Paper Co.; Donald C. Burnham, president of Westinghouse Electric Corp.; and George Harrar, president of Rockefeller Foundation.
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- 1965
32. Washington Notes.
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T. R. B.
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,MILITARY invasion ,NAVIES ,NAVAL bases ,TREATIES ,INTERNATIONAL law ,COTTON growing - Abstract
Focuses on policies of the U.S. towards South-East Asia. Effects of assassinations in Tokyo to paralyze Japanese military action in Asia; Comment on crisis in Japan's relations with China, the Soviet Union and the Western Powers; Requirement of base in Manila for the U.S. navy; Information that American fortifications west of Hawaii are forbidden by the Washington and London treaties; Comment on the future relations of Japan with the U.S.; Dependency of Japan upon the manufacture of cotton and rayon textiles.
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- 1936
33. Japan in Asia's Future.
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Ball, W. MacMahon
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,GOVERNMENT policy ,JAPANESE politics & government ,VIETNAM War, 1961-1975 ,ECONOMIC recovery - Abstract
It seems certain that Japan must in its own right be a leading power in East Asia. The Japanese are the most highly educated people in Asia, much better educated than many Western peoples. They are skilled in science and technology, organization and management. Unlike many Asian nations they are remarkably homogeneous in race, religion, language and culture. But on the political and military fronts the story is different. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato has expressed his government's sympathy with U.S. objectives in Vietnam. In the last few years the Japanese leaders have gained the confidence to make it clear, however politely, that they want to make their assessments of what is happening in Asia, and to decide for themselves the role they want to play.
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- 1968
34. MacARTHUR TRIES TO MAKE POLICY.
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,ARMED Forces - Abstract
This article focuses on U.S. General Commander in Chief, Douglas MacArthur's views on U.S. foreign policy towards Asian nations. It seems clear that MacArthur's insubordination was a well calculated gesture in an attempt to capture the leadership in American policy, on the theory that U.S. President Harry S. Truman would be too weak to fight back. Moments of crisis like the present are always those chosen by the military, in any country, to take over. No doubt MacArthur will get the support of the Hearst papers, the Luce magazines, the China lobby and the right-wing republicans who have always wanted a military-imperialist policy in Asia, a policy called strength but actually committed to the weakest and rottenest elements in recent far Eastern history.
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- 1950
35. Land Tenure, Industrialization, and Social Stability (Book).
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Patrick, Hugh T.
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LAND tenure ,NONFICTION - Abstract
Reviews the book "Land Tenure, Industrialization, and Social Stability: Experiences and Prospects in Asia," edited by Walter Froehlich.
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- 1962
36. Settlement and Social Change in Asia (Book).
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Bessac, Frank
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SOCIAL change ,NONFICTION - Abstract
Reviews the book 'Settlement and Social Change in Asia. Volume 1 of Collected Papers of Wolfram Eberhard.'
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- 1971
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37. In Search of Population Policy: Views from the Developing World.
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National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.
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This report examines what people in the developing countries think about population policy--a topic that is emerging as a subject of critical concern to governments of those countries. In 1973, five seminars were held in different parts of the developing world. Each seminar was limited to 20-25 participants selected from five to nine countries. The participants received a set of questions which focused on four topics concerning population: (1) Population Problems, (2) Population Policies or Responses and Their Effects, (3) Policy Administration: Actors and Constituent Groups, and (4) Policy Options. The participants were asked to write a brief memorandom in response to the questions. The memorandum was to serve as a common point of departure for discussion and to prepare the participants to examine population policy in a broad context. All five seminars followed an agenda based on the questions. At the end of each seminar, participants were asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire. Most participants said that they had gained a broader understanding of population policy. This book contains an introduction, the results of the five seminars: South Asia Seminar, Middle East Seminar, Latin America-Commonwealth Caribbean Seminar, Africa Seminar, and Southeast Asia Seminar, a summary, and committee reflections. (TK)
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38. Rural Renaissance--A Perspective and a Process.
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Axinn, George H.
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If the path to a better rural life is to be a change preferred by the rural people involved, recent world experience would suggest that it must be a change born from within the given rural social system, be controlled by its beneficiaries, and be integrated into the larger system of which it is a part. Such a perspective and such a process might be labeled "rural renaissance", for as perspective, it gives priority to the view of the farming family, and as process, it draws initiative and energy from that same family. Rural renaissance, then, may be defined as the marriage between traditional patterns (values, norms, technologies, and behavior) and those innovative patterns which result in the birth of change. Since values and beliefs vary from one social system to another, interaction between a rural renaissance stimulation system (outsiders) and a rural renaissance acquisition system (insiders) should facilitate positive change, if consideration is given by both outsiders and insiders to questions of appropriate organization, doctrine, leadership, programs, resources, and linkage systems. The larger rural renaissance stimulation system, then, would be a world wide network of interacting people who are able to learn from each other in the universal quest for improvement of the human condition. (JC)
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39. Alternatives in Education: A Regional Practicum.
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Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology.
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This document contains ten working papers on educational alternatives, which were presented at a regional conference attended by 24 educational decisionmakers from eight Southeast Asian countries. The papers touch on such topics as the systems approach to alternatives, alternative objectives, the technology of education, alternative teaching methods, curricular alternatives, evaluation of alternatives, in- and out-of-school alternatives, and a regional approach to the development of alternatives. Also included is a report on a simulation held at the conference in which the participants planned an educational system for a fictitious Southeast Asian country. The appendixes include the program schedule, a list of participants, the opening addresses, and a press release about the conference. Summaries of all papers can be found at the beginning of the report. (DN)
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40. Strategies for Curriculum Development in Southeast Asia. A Seminar. Final Report.
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Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Center for Education in Science and Mathematics.
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The main body of this document consists of papers that were presented at the seminar. The document also includes an outline of the seminar proceedings, a list of participants and staff members, a list of the organizing committee, and several reports of the findings and recommendations of the seminar working groups. Papers presented by guest speakers and staff cover such topics as the problem of education in Southeast Asia, teacher education, areas of priority in curriculum development, programed instruction, a systems approach to curriculum development, educational goals, teaching science to children, the mathematics curriculum of the future, and curriculum development in the United Kindgom. Papers presented by the delegates to the convention deal with strategies for curriculum development in their respective home countries. These delegates represented Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Khmer Republic, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. (Photographs may reproduce poorly.) (DN)
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41. University Cooperation and Asian Development.
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Asia Foundation, New York, NY. and Pierson, Harry H.
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The objectives of this conference sponsored by The Asia Foundation were: to explore the contribution universities can make to Asian society and development; to identify new opportunities for regional and international educational cooperation; and to gain deeper insights into Asian needs and thus to assure that planning is addressed as effectively as possible to those needs. Texts of the 2 principal addresses, 9 papers delivered by guest participants, statements of the Foundation panel and summaries of the panel discussion make up this volume of Proceedings. The papers deal, both generally and specifically, with patterns and aspects of university cooperation in relation to Asian development. (JS)
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- 1967
42. Role of Universities in Management Education for National Development in Southeast Asia.
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Regional Inst. of Higher Education and Development, Singapore. and Hoong, Yip Yat
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The role of universities in management education for national development in Southeast Asia was the focus of two workshops held in Singapore. Proceedings of these workshops are categorized according to applications of business management skills and techniques in government and business; desirable attributes of a manager/development administrator; curricula implications in management education for present and future needs; issues and problems in the provision of continuing education for developing management needs; and developing management competence. (MJM)
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- 1972
43. Polyvalent Adult Education Centres. Final Report of the Asian Regional Seminar on Polyvalent Adult Education Centres.
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Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
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The Asian Regional Seminar on Polyvalent Adult Education Centers, held during September, 1971 in Bombay, was attended by individuals representing United Nations agencies, Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Phillippines, Singapore, South Vietnam, and Thailand. Seminar objectives included evaluating the Bombay Polyvalent Adult Education Center and examining the possibilities of using the Bombay experience in other Asian countries. A general report provides conference information and presents synopses of two papers regarding adult education centers in Yugoslavia and France: agenda paper number one, Polyvalent Adult Education Center: Structure and Organization--Indian Experience and its Evaluation; and agenda paper number two, Concept of Polyvalent Adult Education. Main seminar conclusions and recommendations are outlined by objective. Taking up over half of the document, appended material lists participants and presents summary texts of the following: two addresses to the inaugural session of the seminar; six messages sent to the seminar from around the world; agenda paper number one; "The Shramik Vidyapeeth: An Evaluative Study of Polyvalent Centre"; and agenda paper number two. (LH)
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- 1971
44. The Teaching of Hindi-Urdu in the United States: The State of the Art.
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Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. ERIC Clearinghouse for Languages and Linguistics. and Kelley, Gerald B.
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Many Western scholars consider Hindi and Urdu as a single linguistic entity. The author concedes that "in an important sense this is correct." Hindu and Muslim inhabitants of the same village behave like members of a single speech community. However, minor differences in the phonology, grammar, and lexicon are underscored by the differences in the writing systems, by which prose or poetry is identified. Hindi, which uses Devanagari script, is taught only at the college level in the United States. (Exceptions are the Peace Corps programs, no t included within the scope of this paper, and the Neglected Languages Program conducted by Boyd-Bowman from S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo.) Because Hindi has no history of traditional teaching practices, universities offering courses in Hindi utilize oral-aural approaches and emphasize competence in speaking. However, beyond elementary level, available materials are very scarce, and not well suited to students of social sciences. These situations apply also to Urdu, which uses Perso-Arabic script, and for which there is even less widely available regular instruction. Also discussed in this paper are needs of students in both of these language areas, overseas centers, summer and undergraduate programs, the writing systems, recommended teaching materials, research priorities, and the role of these two languages in South Asia. (AMM)
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- 1968
45. Asian Languages-A U.S. Weakness and What Can Be Done About It.
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LANGUAGE & languages ,BILINGUALISM - Abstract
Presents an abstract of the article "Asian Languages -- A U.S. Weakness and What Can Be Done About It," by Shirley Duncan Hudson, published in the Summer 1955 issue of the journal "ACLS Newsletter."
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- 1956
46. THE THIRD WORLD AND INTERNATIONAL STRATIFICATION: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RESEARCH FINDINGS.
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Robertson, Roland and Tudor, Andrew
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SOCIAL stratification , *RANKING , *DIMENSIONAL analysis , *EMPIRICAL research ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
In recent years the rank-dimensional approach to the analysis of social stratification has become increasingly prominent. One of its advocates, Johan Galtung, has made relations between nations his major point of empirical reference. The present paper applies rank-dimensional analysis to the deprived nations of Africa and Asia (or the so-called Third World) in an attempt to grasp the degree of rank homogeneity within the group and to relate its rank characteristics to the more privileged nations in the global system. This exercise demonstrates that there is a linear relationship between total rank and rank disequilibrium in the Afro-Asian group; a finding which has a number of significant theoretical ramifications. The major theoretical innovation in this connexion is the concept of rank divergence-defined as the degree to which a unit in a system of stratification diverges from the typical relational pattern holding between the unit's total rank and rank disequilibrium scores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. SOME STRUCTURAL COMPARISONS: AUSTRALIA AND NEIGHBOUR ECONOMIES.
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Preston, Esme
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ECONOMIC conditions in Asia ,INPUT-output analysis - Abstract
Input-output studies have proliferated rapidly in recent years and an opportunity now exists for extensive international comparisons of static productive structure. To date, basic input-output accounts have been constructed for about sixty countries and published for more than fifty. This is a far cry from the situation only a decade ago, when Chenery and Watanabe in their pioneering study of four economies reported that "at least fifteen countries have now done serious input-output work although not all of the results have been published". The most extensive comparative study yet attempted appears to be that by Helmstaeder which encompasses twelve national economies. Another broadly based analysis of particular interest from an Australian point of view is a study of seven Asian economies, including Australia, published by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE). At the present time such broad comparisons must be regarded as somewhat tentative explorations of the extensive approach. They present formidable problems: language difficulties are acute (international bibliographies report. input-output studies published in twenty-three languages); the volume of data to be processed is vast; and wide divergencies in national accounting conventions continue to create additional difficulties. The ECAFE study is, for these reasons, a most welcome contribution to our understanding of the structure of production in the Asian economies. The present paper reexamines some of the results of this analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1969
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48. Explaining Cross-Cultural Variations in Age at Marriage and Proportions Never Marrying.
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Dixon, Ruth B.
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MARRIAGE ,BIRTH control ,POPULATION ,SOCIAL indicators - Abstract
This article attempts to explain cross-cultural variations in age at marriage and proportions never marrying. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework in which the causes of current variations in the timing and quantity of nuptiality are explored. Although timing and quantity tend to be related, each is an analytically distinct component of the marriage pattern and each contributes independently to variations in birth rates. Sometimes treated as independent variables or as determinants of other processes, they are in this analysis treated as dependent variables, themselves in need of explanation. Five geographical regions are included in the analysis: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the English-speaking nations overseas, the Middle East, and Asia. The original intention was to include all countries in the world with populations over 100,000 hut the countries included in the final analysis cover only half the population of the world in 1960. The U.S.S.R., China and other socialist Asian countries are excluded because of lack of data. The Caribbean, Central America and South America are excluded because of difficulties in interpreting available data due to the high incidence of consensual unions.
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- 1971
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49. Variations in Export Growth among Developing Asian Countries.
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Naya, Seiji
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EXPORTS ,ECONOMIC development - Abstract
The objective of this paper is to examine empirically the sources of variation in export growth of individual developing countries of Asia, the region whose export expansion has been especially sluggish along with Latin America (see Appendix Table 1 for export shares of different LDC regions). The analysis is divided into two parts: exports of Asian countries to DCs and intra-regional exports of these countries. The method, source of data, and definition are given first below. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1968
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50. Personal Saving in Developing Nations: An Intertemporal Cross-Section from Asia.
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Williamson, Jeffrey G.
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SAVINGS ,ECONOMIC conditions in Asia - Abstract
This paper attempts a comparative evaluation of some of the determinants of aggregate personal savings in Asia. Its distinguishing characteristic is that it is the first attempt, as far as we know, to investigate the determinants of savings by pooling a group of less developed nations. It combines both temporal analysis of individual Asian nations and intertemporal cross-section analysis of a large group of Asian nations. The research reported here extends a tradition of international comparative analysis initiated some years ago by Houthakber[1] who attempted to make better use of intertemporal cross-sections for hypothesis testing. The present article also builds on a recent contribution by Friend and Taubman[2] which captured transitory and permanent income effects on savings by utilizing global intertemporal cross-sections. The following pages explore a number of hypotheses regarding savings behaviour which seem particularly applicable to the developing economies in the Asian region. These hypotheses include an investigation of the influence on aggregate personal savings of prices and price expectations, permanent and transitory income, real rates of interest, and the functional distribution of income. Section 2 develops our hypotheses in some detail. The data inputs are discussed in Section 3. Section 4 presents the empirical results, which are then followed by some concluding remarks in Section 5. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1968
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