Meeting paper on the use of socio-economic indicators for assessing progress in achieving the objectives of the International Development Strategy for the UN Second Development Decade - examines these indicators, with mention of the growth of the gross national product, agricultural development and population dynamics, also covers industrial production, foreign trade and the transfer of financial resources to developing countries, considers the evolution of economic diversification and the level of some economic and social development components, provides a classification of developing countries according to the correlation of their socio-economic profiles, mentions national disparities in GNP growth, with special reference to African countries