Anthony J. Dolman is Deputy Director of the Institute of Social Studies Advisory Service, the Hague. He has served as a consultant to 10 United Nations agencies and several bilateral donors and NGO's. He has written on many subjects related to development. His books include Partners in Tomorrow (with J. van Ettinger, Dutton, 1978), Global Planning and Resource Management (Pergamon, 1980) and Resources, Regimes, World Order (Pergamon, 1981). He co-authored with Jan Tinbergen, Reshaping the International Order, which was published in 12 languages. He was also the main author of the Global Report on Human Settlements, published by Oxford University Press for the UN Center for Human Settlements in 1987. He was consultant to the Country Boat Study and edited this book and wrote several of its chapters.