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1. Community Development in Emergent Countries.

Author

Hodgdon, Linwood L.

Abstract

Part of a report of seminar proceedings, these papers on community development in developing nations deal largely with conditions, requirements, and effective principles of rural extension; the government system of community development village workers in outlying regions of Thailand; the methods, organization, accomplishments, and prospects of national development in India; the role of the Presidential Assistant on Community Development in the Philippines; and community development functions of the intergovernmental South Pacific Commission. In addition to reviewing concepts and goals of effective community development, a final group report examines the roles and influence of governments, voluntary organizations, private enterprise, political structures, urbanization, cultural growth, and the national economy. Increased outside assistance and more extensive research are recommended. (ly)

Published
1964

2. In Business Abroad.

Subjects
BUSINESS, CAPITAL
Abstract

This section offers news briefs related to business as of July 7, 1956. The Commerce Department gets a boost in overseas trade reporting as more foreign service officers will be assigned as attaches while the Department will have a bigger role in maintaining standards of overseas economic reporting. The Ford Foundation has allocated 30,000 U.S. dollars to help set up the Council of Economic & Industrial Research in India. The Argentine economic mission to Washington has arrived in the U.S. to see how much investment capital it can raise.

Published
1956

3. In Business Abroad.

Subjects
BUSINESS, MERCHANT marine, JET transports
Abstract

The article presents updates on business outside the U.S. as of October 10, 1959. The Indian government has approved a 30-million synthetic rubber project involving Firestone and Kilachand Devchand & Co. of Bombay. A merchant fleet is being developed by Soviet-bloc countries to replace ships chartered in the West. A 15-million U.S. dollar subsidy plan was announced by West Germany's Economics Ministry for the development of two medium-range jets.

Published
1959