Analyzes the recent trends in food supply and demand around the world. Present predictions are pessimistic and indicate that poor harvests will result in world-wide food shortages. Factors affecting the food requirements of under-developed countries, such as population growth, crop yields and weather patterns, are examined. (JR)

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)

A description of how television was used in Colombia to inform science teachers of the principles that lie behind the new methods of science teaching. (HB)

The results of a questionnaire sent to medical schools in Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Mangolia and Thailand to survey the state of medical libraries are reported. Comments and recommendations are made. (3 references) (SJ)

The development of a collegiate library in Saudi Arabia during its initial four-year period (1965/1969), as an integral part of Phase I of an overall, 20-year futuristic Master Plan for campus development is described. (7 references) (Author/NH)

A major agreement has been reached among many nations to protect wildlife which are nearing extinction. (PS)

A group of young scientists from various countries met at Unesco headquarters in May of 1972 to discuss the current issues in growth of world populations. The factors considered merit reflexion by teachers who plan to give attention to these issues in the classroom. (Author)

Recent work in the economics of education provides some general presumptions, such as those in favour of investing in primary education and opposed to vocational education, but the problem area on which future research ought to focus is the relationship of schooling to the labour market. (Author/JB)

The development of the East African Literature Service (EALS) is discussed. (2 references) (Author/SJ)

As an introduction to two Unesco studies, this article stresses the fact that efficient archives and records management are vital to public administration, particularly in developing countries. (1 reference) (Author/SJ)

Superior position of science exists in its objectivity rather than in its utilitarian benefits. Scientific civilization must be transmitted to developing countries before it faces any further decline in developed nations. (PS)

The pressures exerted by the economic, social and demographic realities of our time have brought to the fore the importance of the role of education in contemporary societies and the inadequacy of the existing educational institutions. In this theme issue, lifelong education is discussed as a solution to the needed changes in educational…

Examines administrative attitudes on correspondence education and notes that correspondence study is in many ways proving to be a more effective method of imparting education than the conventional classroom instruction given in colleges and universities. (Author/RK)