The United Nations Conference on Science and Technology
for Less Developed Areas opens in Geneva, Switzerland,
February 3-20. One of the participants is Administrator
Rex Whitton, who delivers a paper on "Highway Planning
and Programming in the Economy." He summarizes the
observations of BPR engineers who have seen how the
improved roads they helped build in five countries
(Jordan, Mexico, The Philippines, Turkey, and Uganda)
expedite social, political, and economic growth.
"Transportation systems for persons and goods determine to a large extent the physical development, functioning, and attractiveness of an area."