Addressing the conference theme, "The Most Effective Strategy for Rural Development", the papers presented in these proceedings include representation from: Australia; Germany; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; U.S.A.; and Republic of China. Papers are titled: "Community Development through Saemaul Movement in Korea"; "The Dynamics of Rural Community Growth"; "Community Development in Rural Areas of the Republic of China"; "Rural Development through Community Development"; "The Most Efficient Strategy to Promote Rural Development"; "Principles Governing Rural Development Work in Thailand"; "The National Union of Plantation Workers"; "Community Development, Agricultural Extension Education, and Demonstration Village for Integrated Development"; "Universities and Rural Development"; "The Supporting Role of a Health Service in a Development Society"; "The Plan to Help the Needy"; "The Self-Employment Assistance Program"; "An Evaluation on the Hsiao-kang (well to do) Program of Eliminating Poverty"; "Periodic and Permanent Poverty in Rural Areas"; "Movement for the Development of the People"; "Some Projects of Fighting Poverty in Taiwan"; "The Fading of Earthbound Compulsion in a Hong Kong Village: Population Mobility and Its Economic Implication"; "The Commercial Model and Small Scale Agriculture"; "Land Tenure and Economic Development"; "Social Development and Goal Conflicts"; "Determining Strategy in a Community Development Program"; "Urbanization and Rural Change (near Bangkok). (JC)