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Printing-Houses for School Books: Investments for Future Development. Reports Held at the DRUPA-Symposium on the Organisation and New Technologies for School Book Printing-Houses in Developing Countries, May 1986 in Eschborn

Christian Uhlig

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Department for Communication, Section 322: Printing (1986), 77 pp.

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Consultancy on Textbook Supply Funded by the World Bank on Behalf of the Botswana Ministry of Education, February/March 1985

R. A. Hall

Peterborough: [no publisher] (1985), 23 pp.

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Textbooks in the Philippines: Evaluation of the Pedagogical Impact of a Nationwide Investment

Stephen P. Heyneman, Dean T. Jamison, Xenia Montenegro

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, volume 6, issue 2 (1984), pp. 139-150

"The Philippine government, with the assistance of the World Bank, launched the $US37 million Textbook Project to alleviate the lack of textbooks in the nation's public schools. Prior to this investment, there was an average of 10 pupils for every book available in a given subject. During the first ... year of implementation, the Textbook Project produced ap-proximately 20 million first and second grade textbooks in science, mathematics, and Pilipino. These were distributed nationwide in the 1977-78 school year at a ratio of two pupils per book. In the course of its 5-year duration, the Textbook Project would produce 97 million books covering all subject areas from first grade through high school and would distribute enough so that there would be only two students per book at each grade level in each subject. Books cost an average of US$.55 each (for an average length of 180 pages); the overall program increased per student costs by about 1% (Orivel, 1979). Teacher training in the use of the books was part of the project. These and other aspects of implementation are described in detail by Aprieto (1983). Textbook content was geared closely to the national curriculum and tightly screened for clarity of presentation. Photo and colors were used judiciously. Because books were expected to be in use for up to 5 years, binding and stitching were of high quality. Distribution was made first to regional warehouses, then to municipalities, then to schools. Arrival time and textbook condition in the nation's 100,000 schools were monitored by computer in the capital. The success of the project was due not to simply having new textbooks, but rather to having new textbooks of high quality, reasonably on time, well understood, and well used by teachers. The Evaluation Section of the Textbook Project was formed primarily to investigate the effects of this sizable investment on student achievement. One year before the first sets of textbooks were distributed, an evaluation plan was designed, and instruments were developed to measure these effects. The plan was implemented during the first year of textbook distribution and has been a continuing component of the Textbook Project. The results presented here were obtained from the first-year evaluation data, otherwise known as Phase I. The effects of textbooks on achievement in conjunction with pupil, home, school, and environmental variables were examined, the primary concern being the increment in the achievement of pupils, given the use of the project textbooks, while other influencing factors were controlled." (Page 141) more

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U.S. Books Abroad: Neglected Ambassadors

Curtis G. Benjamin

Washington, DC: Center for the Book, Library of Congress (1984), 95 pp.

"The purpose of this study is to provide a document that endeavors to stimulate renewed and further awareness, first, of the dire need for U.S. books in less developed countries, and, second, of possible ways by which this need may be met, at least partially, under present conditions at home and abr ... more

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Medien und Kommunikation: Aus dem Arbeitsgebiet der Abteilung 32 'Kommunikationswesen'

Günter Hollenbach (ed.)

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (1983), 132 pp.

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U.S. International Book Programs 1981

John Y. Cole (ed.)

Washington, DC: Library of Congress (1981), 61 pp.

"The Library of Congress' Center for the Book surveys 32 book and book-related programs carried out by governmental, inter-governmental and private agencies in the U.S. to promote books and reading. In an introductory essay John B. Putnam discusses "The Book Crisis in the Developing World," and an a ... more

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The Commonwealth Book Development Programme

John Macpherson

Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 127, issue 5276 (1979), pp. 481-489

"Discusses the practical contributions made by the [discontinued] Commonwealth Book Development Programme, and describes problems experienced over the funding of training. The author believes that the assistance offered by the programme will continue to be of significant help in assisting Commonweal ... more

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For Books

Émile Delavenay

Paris: UNESCO (1974), 74 pp.

"The aim of this booklet is, by briefly showing the diversity of the tasks undertaken, to survey the multiform but deliberately concerted and co-ordinated activities which, while centred on books as their main theme, none the less converge on the development of man and the fulfilment of his biologic ... more

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Anatomy of an International Year: Book Year 1972

Paris: UNESCO (1974), 37 pp.

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The Book Hunger

Ronald E. Barker, Robert Escarpit (eds.)

Paris; London: UNESCO; Harrap (1973), 155 pp.

"A brief survey of the role of the book in developing countries in terms of needs, demand, production, distribution, and copyright. An appendix gives the "charter of the book." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 992)

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Book, Textbook and Library Development: A Selected List of References for A. I. D. Technicians

Washington, DC: USAID. Bureau for Technical Assistance. Office of Education and Human Resources (USA) (1970), 36 pp.

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La promotion du livre en Afrique: Problèmes et perspectives

Paris: UNESCO (1969), 41 pp.

"Rapport de la réunion d'experts sur la promotion du livre en Afrique, tenue à Accra (Ghana) du 13 au 19 février 1968. — I. Problèmes de la promotion du livre en Afrique: A. Le rôle du livre dans le développement économique et social — B. Mesures visant à développer la production nation ... more

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Books for Developing Countries: A Guide for Enlisting Private-Industry Assistance

New York: Franklin Book Programs (1969), 46 pp.

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A Book Development Project in Nigeria 1964-1968

Alden H. Clark, Esther Jean Walls

New York: Franklin Book Programs (1968), 248 pp.

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Books in Human Development

Ray Eldon Hiebert (ed.)

Washington, DC: American University; Department of Journalism; USAID (1964), 131 pp.