This issue reproduces articles adapted from country reports presented to a Regional Seminar on Adult Education and Development in Asia and Oceania, Bangkok, November 1980. A summary of adult and nonformal education in the region forms section 1. Highlights of the country articles in section 2 include Afghanistan--national literacy campaign; Australia--New South Wales programs, adult education associations, and management education for farmers; Bangladesh--evaluation of the national literacy effort, adult primers; Burma--national literacy campaign; China--nonformal education; India--national rural functional literacy project; Indonesia--community education (Penmas); Lao People's Democratic Republic--literacy, complementary education; Malaysia--nonformal education; Nepal--literacy; New Zealand--Maori continuing education, broadcasting, adult reading assistance; Pakistan--education in rural development, integrated functional education; Philippines--accreditation and equivalency, nonformal education; Republic of Korea--Saemaul (New Village) education; Singapore--continuing education, retraining; Socialist Republic of Viet Nam--literacy, complementary education; Sri Lanka--curriculum reform, adult education centers; Thailand--functional literacy and family planning project; and Fiji--rural youth movement, local resource centers. Articles on Japan and Hong Kong also appear. Three special articles on adult education and rural development, industrial/urban development, and workers' education form section 3. Section 4 is a 33-page bibliographical supplement. (YLB)