ABSTRACT
The food problems and the energy problems of the developing countries are obviously connected, but there are similarities and dissimilarities between them that are worth noting. There is one very crucial similarity between the two problems: in both cases the developing countries are being asked to undertake a massive restructuring of production, distribution, and consumption relationships, all of which will require new institutions, new investments, new technologies, and massive infusions of financial and technical aid. The chapter discusses the implications of what developing-country governments are being asked to do and how well they seem to be performing. It also discusses the most likely regions of crisis and the policy implications for the United States in the narrower context of energy itself and the broader context of the foreign policy or international relations of energy. The chapter summarizes some energy projections for the developing countries and the policy prescriptions that have been drawn from them.
