This book contains papers discussing inter-sectoral educational planning in countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Intersectoral educational planning is interpreted as educational policy formation by any country which takes into consideration influences generated by that country's social and economic sectors. Part I deals with approaches to inter-sectoral educational planning. For example, a paper describes how Great Britain is experimenting with an economic approach which measures the resources going into education and compares these educational expenditures with variables such as national income and other goods and services. Other papers discuss socio-technical approaches to educational planning in OECD countries, including decentralization in Norway, central planning based on a systems model in Israel, and application of policy analysis sciences to intra-sectoral problems in Canada. Also discussed are obstacles at the institutional level and theoretical concerns of decentralized planning. Part II deals with the politics of inter-sectoral planning and describes the experiences of various OECD countries. Inter-sectoral planning in Norway, France, and Great Britain is examined and the political uses of planning and decentralization in the United States are discussed. A list of participants involved with the papers and study is provided. (Author/RM)