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"A handbook for all those involved in donated book programmes. Aims to eliminate the practice of book “dumping”, thus ensuring that all donated book programmes are demand-led and that they take into consideration the expressed needs and interests of those who will be using these resources. Inclu ... more
"This book provided the best synthesis of social marketing and social mobilization theory and practice in international development, as it stood in the 1990s. At the time it was written, no other source provided such a comprehensive review backed-up by extremely useful bibliographies as well as proj ... more
"This benchmark volume stems from the papers commissioned for a major international seminar on Publishing in the Third World, held at Bellagio, Italy, in February 1991. It presents the first full scale discussion of publishing in Asia and Africa, and features perspectives from 25 prominent publisher ... more
"Examines the involvement of the World Bank and other aid agencies in funding textbook publishing in Africa and other parts of the developing world. The author notes that the fundamental role of books in education was not, however, widely recognized at first, and relatively few early education proje ... more
"Examines the major characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and impacts of two American-sponsored programmes that had a considerable impact on book and library development in the Third World between 1950 and 1970; one organized by Franklin Book Programs Inc. and the other by the Central Book Activiti ... more

Book Development in the Third World: The British Experience

In: Publishing and Development in the Third World
London: Hans Zell Publishers (1992), pp. 349-363
"Traces the history, influences and experiences within the historical and socio-economic framework of British book development activities, and the evolution of its policy." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1377)
"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 ... more
"The papers from the seventh conference of the International and Comparative Librarianship Group of the UK Library Association, held in Birmingham in September 1989, which examined the book crisis, shortage of reading materials, and the funding of library services in the countries of the South, with ... more
"Our aim in this book is to uncover the myths and try to give equal status to alternative interpretations - of history, of current policies and of an alternative practice of radio which we refer to as 'community radio' in a shorthand that has become widely used and abused, but which we elaborate and ... more
"A collection of 16 papers that focus on what has been learned in two decades of developing and implementing large-scale national textbook programmes, and the World Bank’s role in assisting textbook development. Organized into four parts it covers (1) The Design and Implementation of Textbook Prog ... more
"Surveys the programmes and activities of 36 private voluntary organizations engaged in collecting and distributing American donated books abroad." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1378)
"The proceedings of a workshop organized by the Harold Macmillan Trust in conjunction with the Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE). The framework for discussions included questioning whether developing countries have succeeded in providing school systems with the education ... more
"Publications for academia need to be different from those for grassroots movements: while the former need to satisfy the needs of the target audience to increase knowledge, grassroots movements need to be made aware of needs and at the same time indicated ways of solving them." (GIZ Library Bonn)