This book outlines the failure of investment for Thirrd World development to address the development of people, communities and instituions and an underlying cause of this global phenomenon. It shows how new perceptions of the communication process in development and the advent of sofwere delivery utilities for public use introduce a basis for transforming conventional development approaches. This will for the first time, link the private sector into the delivery of public services on a large scale. The book describes a new paradigm for development.