Focusing on the theme of nonformal education as a method of involving rural people in developmental processes designated to help improve social and economic well-being, this report on the second international conference/workshop on nonformal education presents major concepts and methods involved in development work with the rural poor via case descriptions of projects in the fields of agriculture, family planning, health delivery systems, trades training, and other fields related to rural welfare. Specifically, this book includes: conference and workshop design; key operational generalizations and issues in the use of nonformal education; policies and programs as viewed by World Bank and Agency for International Development; nonformal education in rural development projects (the Comilla, Bangladesh project; a review of extension principles; ARDU, an Ethiopian Rural Development Unit; the Mexican "Plan Puebla"); nonformal education in nutrition, health delivery, and family planning in India, Colombia, and Korea; nonformal education in rural development in Ecuador, Guatemala, and Botswana; panel discussions on using media systematically in nonformal education and improving the performance of nonformal educators; an address on literacy education in development; a workshop on nonformal education and the rural poor; and six resumes or excerpts of articles on nonformal education. The appendices include an abbreviated program, a participant list, a list of materials exhibited, and data on the principal conference resource persons. (JC)