"Supplements the author’s earlier UNESCO publication Textbook Production in Developing Countries, and at the same time aims at synthesizing the main findings of the numerous seminars and reports and papers which have been published by UNESCO in this subject area. It examines, in a non-technical ma
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nner, the problems and issues associated with government sponsored textbook provision programmes in developing countries, placing special emphasis on cost reduction factors in such textbook programmes. The main aim of the Guide is “to take account of present problems of government textbook schemes, and their needs for better resources and more trained personnel, and to assist them by posing questions which may lead to a greater understanding of problems, and more adequate planning and improved administration of projects, with consequent reduced costs and the production of better textbooks." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 237)
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"Seeks to present the themes which emerged from discussions held during an international workshop on Printed Educational Materials Development in the Third World held in the UK in 1989. It also includes background papers that aim to be helpful to Third World decision makers who are struggling to ove
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rcome the problems that impede the preparation, production and distribution of educational materials." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 229)
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"Detailed presentation of all aspects of textbook development, production, and distribution under the specific conditions of developing countries; one regional and two country-specific examples are used to go beyond the general information to show the concrete problems and possible solutions." (GIZ
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Library Bonn)
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"One of a series of background materials prepared for the World Congress on Books held in London in 1982. Deals with the various stages of textbook publishing, which is the mainstay of the book industry in most less developed countries. Discusses the difficulties faced by both government and private
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sector textbook publishing organizations, and examines methods of overcoming these difficulties." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 236)
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