Prior to a UNESCO International Congress on the planning and management of educational development, a survey on educational planning and management in the world was undertaken. The survey questionnaire was sent to all members states of UNESCO, and, at the time of the conference, 50 countries had replied. This document provides a descriptive synthesis of the responses of the 50 countries. The synthesis falls into six categories: (1) the educational planning/management process; (2) educational planning missions/goals; (3) implementation, management, monitoring; (4) the information/knowledge basis; (5) educational planning, management successes, problems, innovations; and (6) provisional conclusions: lines of force of educational planning and management today. The survey questionnaire used in this research is included in an annex. (DB)