"An associated event of the Third Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development co-sponsored by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations and the World Bank, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1995".

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Overview / Afaf Mahfouz -- The individual in today's global society / Ismail Serageldin -- Culture and development: Videos: "Culture and development" "The South Slope of Liberty" ("Versant Sud de la Liberté") -- Commentary: Emergence of the individual in the south / Bahgat Elnadi and Adel Rifaat -- Panel discussion: Approaching the issue of religion / Mohamed Arkoun -- Psychoanalysis in Eastern Europe / John Kafka -- Women in Egypt: education and modernity / Hoda El-Sadda -- Brazil and Guatemala: the culture of violence and the culture of hope / Shelton H. Davis -- Discussion -- Keynote address: The place of the individual and the nongovernmental organization in sustainable development / Nafis F. Sadik -- Development and the self: Panel discussion: The self and the other: a development framework / Antoine Hani -- Gender inequality: self-image and sustainable development / Susan G. Lazar -- Parenting and child development / Henri Parens -- Peace education / Betty Reardon -- Social development perspectives / Gloria J. Davis -- Discussion -- Conclusion: Reflections on the forum / Afaf Mahfouz -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Appendixes: A. Program -- B. Participants.