In view of the urgency and size of the problem how to feed the world’s population, the framework given to the recent World Food Conference did not seem to be over-extended. The poor results, however, give again rise to the general question whether international mammoth meetings like the one in...

Indonesia has dropped out of the news lately. The country which during the Sukarno era constantly made the headlines of the world press because of the spectacular foreign political actions of its headstrong president is now bending its energies on economic consolidation.