EDITORIAL: United Nations: the next 40years (Marc Nerfin).....LOCAL SPACE: Los campesinos ante el embate tecnologico (Andrés Aubry)... Notes on participatory technology development (J. Galvez Tan)... Communitarian alternatives for Brazilian crisis (C. Aveline)..... NATIONAL SPACE: In search of a future for the Nordic countries (J.E. Nilsson)..... THIRD WORLD SPACE: Utopia and reality of South-South economic cooperation (F. Bracho)... Gikuyu novel receives Noma Award in Zimbabwe (C. Lowe Moraa)..... GLOBAL SPACE: Adjustment via austerity: is there an alternative? (N.P. Girvan) ... The European nuclear disarmament convention in Perugia (R. Falk) ... Refugees: a global justice issue (Michael J. Schultheis)... Le programme d?avenir pour le Tiers Monde du SPD (Uwe Holtz)... A Finnish proposal for an international mini-NIEO symposium... The declaration of Ambiorix (Joint Task Force)... Central America: towards a European presence? (Yojana Sharma)..... NEWS FROM THE THIRD SYSTEM: The Maurice Bishop Foundation: continuing Grenada?s revolution... Femmes, communications, développement... Carlos (Karl) Gaspar... FIAN: Urgent actions against hunger and oppression... "Alternative Nobel Prize" to four women... ENDA: Environnement et développement du Tiers Monde... Ghana: Center for development of people (CEDEP)... Philippines: Agency for community educational services (ACES)... France: Le Gret - pour un développement autocentré..... LETTERS.....FOOTNOTES.....MATERIALS RECEIVED FOR PUBLICATION