Collection of papers arising from work in connection with the Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development (GPID) project of the United Nations University (UNU). Published under that title by the Union of International Associations (Brussels, 1984). Aspects of the points discussed in this volume are treated in the other four volumes of papers in the series: Patterns of Conceptual Integration (1984), Forms of Presentation and the Future of Comprehension (1984), From Networking to Tensegrity Organization (1984), and Transformative Conferencing (1984). These themes are also explored in the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (Munich, K G Saur, 1985, ca 1500 pages).