Global development: the turning point

We are now at the mid-point of the United Nations Development Decade. What progress has been made by countries striving to free themselves from the burdens of economic underdevelopment and what major obstacles have they still to overcome?

The Unesco Courier devotes this issue to these vital questions and to the multiple aspects of international technical co-operation. Every day sees new furrows being ploughed in a worldwide process of economic development.