Fifty abstracts provide information and a variety of perspectives on education and development throughout the world. A description of the Association for the Advancement of Policy, Research, and Development in the Third World and a list of committee and advisory members precedes the abstracts. The abstracts include: (1) "Aging and Health in Developing Nations: What the Industrialized Countries Can Learn" (Douglas McConatha); (2) "A Transcultural Framework for Teaching, Reading, Learning, and Thinking in the Arab World" (Judith M. Findlay; Joseph T. Kovack); (3) "Cultural Adaptation: Developing a Model for Living in a Global Community" (Martha T. John); (4) "Education for Women in Development" (Judith M. Scanlan); (5) "Educational Policy and the Third World: Recognizing the Rights of the Child" (Jonathan L. Black-Branch); (6) "Impact of School Construction and Technical Assistance on the Effectiveness of the Learning Experiences" (Moshira Abdel-Razek El-Rafey); (7) "Public Relations & International Affairs; Effects, Ethics, & Responsibility" (James E. Grunig); (8) "The Promotion of Science and Technology for Development" (John Lit); (9) "Third World Countries and the Use of International Public Relations: Articulating Effective Channels of Access" (Timothy Coombs); and (10) "Voices for African Education in Ghana Between the Wars: Ideas, Policies and Implementation" (Raymond E. Dumett). (CK)