This special issue of "The Forensic Quarterly" provides background information on the problem chosen for the national high school forensic series for the 1975-76 academic year: What policy for the development and allocation of scarce world resources would best serve the interests of the people of the world? Section one is a profile of scarcity and discusses such topics as the definition of scarce world resources, scarcity in food resources, energy resources, and mineral resources. Section two focuses on present controls over the development and allocation of scarce world resources and discusses the definition of development and allocation, development and allocation through trade, distribution and allocation through assistance and private investment, and development and allocation through the international monetary system. Section three discusses the definition of control by an international organization, expansion and adaptation of existing models, and new initiatives. Section four is an annotated bibliography of books, general periodicals, and government periodicals related to the issue of world resources. (TS)