SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS DEVELOPMENT FACTORS.

PROCEEDINGS FROM A MEETING OF UNESCO'S ADVISORY COUNCIL TO ITS OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND ITS DIVISION OF SCIENCE POLICY ARE REPORTED. THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AN INTRODUCTORY PAPER DEALS WITH RESOURCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC PLANNING IN RELATION TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. A SECOND PAPER DISCUSSES CURRENT PROBLEMS IN THE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN LATIN AMERICA. THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INTO THE POPULATIONS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE CONSIDERED IN A THIRD PAPER. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE DESCRIBED IN A SERIES OF CASE STUDIES. MOST OF THE PAPERS INCLUDE BIBLIOGRAPHIES. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS THE "INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL," VOLUME 18, NUMBER 3, 1966 FROM UNESCO PUBLICATIONS CENTER, 317 EAST 34 STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016, 468 PAGES, FOR $2.00. (AG)