INTRODUCTORY NOTE..... BUILDING BLOCKS / MATÉRIAUX: Arab industrialization strategy based on self-reliance and satisfaction of basic needs (Ismaïl-Sabri Abdalla)... Social transformation in Bangladesh: Realities, constraints, vision and strategy (Quazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad)... The surprises of development in Latin America (F.H. Cardoso)... Building blocks for American restructuring (Exploratory Project for Economic Alternatives)... Alternative relations between Japan and Thailand (Nishikawa Jun)... Third World debt and the international private banks (Samuel Lichtensztejn and José M. Quijano)... Theorie du développement et nouvel ordre économique international (A. Benachenhou)..... MARKINGS: A threefold challenge to the world (Michael Hanley)... INTERACTIONS: WARC-1979: Equity in ether (Chakravarthi Raghavan)... Self-sufficiency - Self-reliance (Sigmund Kvaløy)... Managing the transfer of technology between Third World countries (Alberto Arâoz)... Experiences... A second level of world government (William N. Ellis)... Fishing for the poor - a comment (V.M.A. Hakkim)... The community as an art form... Do African governments care about women? (Fibi Munene)..... FOOTNOTES / NOTES.