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1. The Third World and Tomorrow: An Interview with Rashmi Mayur.

Author

Cornish, Blake and Willard, Timothy

Abstract

A spokesperson for the developing nations sets priorities for third world development and discusses the relationship between the third world and the industrialized nations. The industrialized society must change the ways it sees developing nations, or there will be serious troubles ahead. (RM)

Published
1984

2. Cultures in Transition.

Author

McMahon Ellis, Margaret

Subjects
*MULTICULTURAL education, *ECONOMIC policy, *ECONOMIC systems, *CULTURAL studies, *CULTURAL literacy, *CULTURAL education, *ECONOMIC development, *SOCIAL systems, *INDIGENOUS peoples, *LOCAL culture, *CIVILIZATION, DEVELOPING countries
Abstract

Discusses what Western countries can learn from developing nations through knowledge of their cultures. Recount of the authors' visit to Papau New Guinea where technology helped produced successful entrepreneurs, but also resulted in villagers' sentiments that those entrepreneurs no longer contributed to the common good of the community; Assessment of visits to cultures throughout the Pacific, where community and cooperation were more important than economic development of individuals; Reference to the book "Cultural Transition," a collection of papers edited by Merry White and Susan Pollak, exploring the concept of community and cooperation in indigenous cultures.

Published
1989