Strategies are examined for utilizing the mass communications media to improve standards of living within developing nations. This report, addressed to decision-makers in developing nations and the Agency for International Development (AID), is designed to assist them in planning their improvement communications programs. A general introduction is followed by three chapters providing a critical examination of available communication techniques, an analytic overview of specific educational goals, and an explanation of relevant change and decision-making strategies. The conclusion lists ten basic steps for creating a communication/education program for a technologically developing nation. (Author/CMV)