In order for technology to be successful in underdeveloped countries, infrastructures, such as trucks to transport fish from modern fishing boats, are necessary parts of new programs. (Author/AF)

Discussed is the recycling of agricultural residues, either through fermentation or bioconversion processes, to help meet the energy requirements of the developing countries. (BT)

The main purpose of the article is to define a new field of the economy by seeking to determine all the needs which may surround a productive activity devised to be of service to man and what the post-industrial stage of scientific technology means to developing countries. (BR)

The relation between science and socioeconomic development in both developed and developing countries is discussed. The interdependence of pure and applied science, technology and finance, knowledge and tradition, and national, regional, and world-wide efforts in behalf of progress are characterized. (BL)

From the 1972 Behavioral Science Symposium, this article examines the prospect of attaining effective international cooperation for environmental protection of the Earth. Discusses the need for strategies to remove some of the conceptual obstacles (political and social) to cooperation, and identifies some possible conceptual and institutional…

Discussed are the potential application of solar energy and its possible benefits to developing countries. Various energy needs, including domestic, agricultural, and household, that could be met by using solar energy are discussed. (BT)

Reviewed are the status of conventional sources of energy, prospects for the development of alternative sources of energy, and the consequences of that development on countries that are in the process of industrialization. (BT)

This document provides a panel report of research, development, and engineering (R,D&E) issues confronting international firms operating in developing countries. Biscussed are the R,D&E objectives of developing countries, the objectives of international firms, conflicts and the possibilities for cooperation between the two, and the role of U.S.…

This is the concluding article of a series resulting from the scientific conference held in Brussels in May, 1978. The article considers the emerging ethic of selective growth, and the problems posed by the limits to government, the apparent incapacity of existing political institutions to manage problems of unprecedented complexity. (Author/BB)

In view of the vital role which scientific and technical information has come to play in the development of nations, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) was authorized to undertake and to complete jointly with the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) a feasibility study…

This editorial discusses the difficulties faced by developed nations in the meaningful transfer of technology to developing nations. (SL)

A discussion is presented of future global energy supply and demand problems and two benchmark scenarios showing that time will be the limiting constraint in adapting the energy supply infrastructure to changing resource availability. (Author/SA).

Discussed are the reasons for the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam's scientific backwardness. A development project which will enable this country to become a modern, economically self-sufficient country by the year 2000 is outlined. (BT)

Reviews recent work dealing with methodological and technical issues in health and development; presents examples of the application of social sciences, including health demography and economics, in questions of health services delivery; and analyzes delivery of health services to rural and nomadic populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.…

Two put of three people live in a less developed area with low industrial output and low standard of living. These less educated, less healthy people must be absorbed into an economic productive process by stimulation of their incentive toward economic development, or the growing numbers of people will not survive. (Author/JB)