Rmort on the World Social Situation*

SOME of the more important indicators of the world social sitm1tion show a solid upward trend since 1050 but, in general, sock1 advance has been nneven in the diffei*eiit coiill,onents of tlerelopmerit, as well as in the cliffereiit countries and the different social groups within countries. In the economically less clereloped regions, progress was l~nrticnl:wly outstanding iii some of the indicators of liealtli alltl education. It \YilS less SiltiSf:lCtOYy with regard to foocl consiiii~l~tioi~, wllicll showed but R slow ul~w~rd trend. It wts unsatisfactory with regartl to housing, eml~loymeiit, persom~l income :Uld consumptioii, wliicli-iii ~X~lTiClll:l~