The third workshop on the preparation of materials for the newly-literate in Asia and the Pacific was designed to train participants in the development, production (including design and illustration), distribution, and utilization of neoliteracy materials focusing on the improvement of rural living and the role of women in rural areas. Workshop activities, which included discussion with technical advisers, exchange of experiences and views among participants, practical training, and study visits, centered around: (1) the development of effective formats; (2) the development of content; (3) the modification and adaptation of new drafts of neoliterate materials to be produced under the Asian/Pacific Joint Production Programme of Materials for Neo-Literates in Rural Areas (AJP); (4) selection of representative neoliterate materials from participants' countries for publication in a collection of model materials for the area; and (5) the exchange of information on the utilization of neoliterate materials in the participants' countries. Reports from the representatives from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Thailand describe national activities following the second regional workshop in adapting and producing materials. A separate report describes literacy and rural development activities in Japan, including the history and distribution of an agricultural education magazine. Appended materials include general information on the workshop, the agenda, a participant list, national follow-up activity plans prepared by workshop participants, and the texts of three addresses presented at the opening ceremony. (DJR)