Introduction - improving public policy toward and within developing nations, Stuart S. Nagel. Part 1 Specific policy problems: economic policy - economic development and decentralized government, Thomas R. Dye; social policy - reforming the social security system in China, Peter Nan-shong Lee; technology policy - pesticides and super-optimum solutions, Nancy J. Robinson, policy evaluation methods for developing country energy issues, Mark C. Quebral; political policy - bureaucratic accountability and policy evaluation in Third World countries, Thomas Smith; legal policy - the law of developing nations and super-optimum solutions, Suart S. Nagel. Part 2 Cross-cutting analysis: information management and planning - documentation and computers in Third World development, John Baiden Amissah, reality of planning for development in developing countries, Saied A. Ashshowwaf; implementation policy - obstacles to public policy implementation in the Third World, Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor; teaching developmental policy - using simulation in training Third World decision-makers, Scott Moreland.