Problems regarding the aged in developing nations are examined. The aging of populations is now a global phenomenon, with crucial implications for the developing as well as the developed nations. Six articles are presented: "Introduction, Perspectives on Aging in the Third World" (Jay Sokolovsky), "What Can the Industrial World Teach the Third World about Aging?" (Marea Teski), "Decrepitude and Death-Hastening: The Nature of Old Age in Third World Societies" (Anthony P. Glascock), "The Motive for Gerontocide" (Robert J. Maxwell, Philip Silverman, and Eleanor K. Maxwell), "Increase of Elderly Poor in Developing Nations--The Implications of Dependency Theory and Modernization Theory for the Aging of World Population" (Masako Osako), and "Toward a Comparative Perspective on Filial Response to Aging Populations" (Robert L. Rubinstein and Pauline T. Johnsen). Notes on the contributors are provided. (RM)