An article on why the public sector in developing countries needs access to computer networks appears in African Technology Forum, vol. The following are some recent entries into the PADdev bibliographic data base on social and economic aspects of development in Africa. First time users of the databases are recommended to study the help information provided on the introductory menus, as very little help is available when searching. Please report any problems to Debbie Beer at the address below. Collection policy encompasses literature relating to economic and social development, both rural and urban, while specific areas of subject interest include amongst others, health, education, communication, industrial development, debt and adjustment, population studies, development theory, women and political development.
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The BLDS is a depository library for UN publications. All book and journal article references are fully subject indexed using the 'UN Macrothesaurus for Information Processing in the Field of Economic and Social Development'. Earlier, the INET'95 conference had been planned to be held in Singapore. ISOC has since decided that the INET'95 conference will be held in Honolulu, 28-30 June. The ISOC and ICIS greatly appreciate the efforts of all those who have participated in the planning of this meeting.