International assistance programmes for develo** countries are in urgent need of revision.
Continuous testing and verification is required if development activity is to cope effectively …

The technology gap between develo** and advanced countries has been increasing
during the last few decades. In the process of technology development human capital plays …

Despite recent economic crisis, particularly in financial markets, the economic miracles of
East Asian economies continue to receive wide attention from all over the world. The over …

Over the past century, the decline in biodiversity due to climate change and habitat loss has
become unprecedentedly serious. Multiple drivers, including climate change, land-use/cover …

This chapter summarizes general factors influencing change, and discusses matters which
need to be considered by those working to achieve change in mathematics teaching …

The low performance of Chile in the TIMSS 1998/99 international study of mathematics and
science achievement was a great disappointment for that country. To investigate the likely …

The Women of Rural Asia Page 1 The Women of Rural Asia Page 2 Also of Interest Women in
Changing Japan, edited by Joyce Lebra, Joy Paulson, and Elizabeth Powers Women and …

The purpose of this study was to identify patterns of Taiwanese students' perceptions of
good citizenship in terms of citizenship behaviours rooted in Western democracy and …

BACKGROUND Partitioning of variance in educational research has been used extensively
for many years. Perhaps its most famous and influential use was in the Equality of …

This chapter discusses the history of cage culture in aquaculture. It is divided into the
following topics: history of cage culture; advantages and limitations of cage culture; cage …