Book reviewed in this article:Oil and Regional Development. Examples from Algeria and Tunisia. By Konrad SchliephakeThe Nationalization of Venezuelan Oil. By James F. Petras, Morris Morley and Steven SmithA Development Strategy for Iran through the 1980s. By Robert E. L. ooneyCapital Investment in the Middle East. The Use of Surplus Funds for Regional Development. By Ragaei El Mallakh, Mihssen Kadhim, Barry Poulsonet al.Aid and Development in Southern Africa. British Aid to Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. By David JonesChina, Oil, and Asia: Conflict Ahead?By Selig S. HarrisonCritical Issues on Food Marketing Systems in Developing CountriesTechnologies for Basic Needs. By Hans Singer for the World Employment ProgrammeRays of Hope. The Transition to a Post‐Petroleum World. By Dennis Hayes. A WorldWatch Institute BookThe Making of US International Economic Policy. Principles, Problems, and Proposals for Reform. By Stephen D. CohenThe United States and World Development. Agenda 1977. By John W. Sewell and the Staff of the Overseas Development CouncilThe Mining Industry and the Developing Countries. By Rex Bosson and Bension VaronSIDA in India: A Report of the Swedish National Audit BureauDoing Things. By Andreas FugelsangHealth Economics in Developing Countries. By Alan L. SorkinEEC Trade Relations with the USA in Agricultural Products. By Simon HarrisAgriculture in the Tokyo Round Negotiations. By T. E. JoslingThe Net and the Quest: Patterns of Community and How They can Survive Progress. By Ralph Glass