A variety of articles address the use of communications in development, including (1) "Policy Considerations in Global Telecommunications" (Sandra Lauffer); (2) "Sharing Information for Rehabilitation in the Third World" (M. Miles); (3) "Growing More Rice in Sierra Leone: Baseline Survey Guides Media Campaign" (Gary O. Coldevin); (4) "The A.T. (Appropriate Technology) Microfiche Reference Library: Information When You Need It" (Ken Darrow and Michael Saxenian); (5) "Literacy Work in Peru" (Gary Coldevin); and (6) "Microcomputers and Health Improvement in Developing Countries" (Aziz El Kholy and Salah H. Mandil). Barbara Minor reviews five recent documents available through ERIC, and four books on development communications topics are reviewed in "A Communications Checklist." Announcements are included on UNESCO's need for instructional materials on nutrition, a free development communications catalog, a scriptwriting contest, and a 1984 summer seminar on new technologies. In "Radio Coverage Statistics," Wilma Lynn summarizes research findings on the number of broadcasting stations and receivers in less-developed countries around the world. (LMM)