Introduction Creating equitable economic partnerships to develop the resources of "Greater Earth" [3] for the benefit of mankind will promote sustainable economic development and industrialization of Developing and Third World countries. Energy from space via solar power satellites and wireless power transmission can: a) provide the power to fuel the needed developments, b) a rationale for developing space resources, and c) a nucleating agent for North-South partnerships. Partnerships or Multi-national Networked Enterprises, i.e. virtual corporations, that will also promote and strengthen cooperation and integration on a regional and global basis. Without noble challenges such as bringing the resources of space to Earth for mankind and the potential to create wealth such global partnerships have no economic meaning or reason for being. Blending the technological resources of the North with the human and natural resources of the South in economically beneficial partnerships are possible. Partnerships that can provide the clean, inexhaustible energy needed to fuel local and regional economic development and industrialization. These teams will be able to draw upon the world's financial markets to create the energy systems needed to meet the demands of the 21st century. The topics covered in this paper are: • Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) for relaying power from large hydro and photovoltaic power facilities located in developing countries to consumers, • Energy from space which involves producing electricity in space with solar power satellites and using WPT to transfer the power to energy farms on Earth, and • The integration of the above technologies with the concepts of a hydrogen economy and solar fuels to create an inexhaustible energy system for industrialization. • The potential for creating multi-national networked enterprises which can provide energy and economic stimulus for industrialization at the local and rural level. Space based solar energy systems can provide reliable baseload power for economic development. In the long run, 20 to 30 years, these systems can be evolved to provide solar fuels or liquid fuels for transportation. Included in the systems description are economic mechanisms or constructs to promote both rural development or improvement as well as national economic development. Energy farms or centers for sustainable development which are foci for multi-national networked enterprises can provide the focus and financial infrastructure needed to stimulate local development and free enterprise. This paper also suggests some basis for establishing cooperative agreements, summarizes current international activities in the development of energy from space,
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