AID SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT EVALUATION (MAY 11, 1977-JUNE 2, 1977)

UNIV OF NAIROBI DID NOT MAINTAIN WRITTEN REPORTS OF ITS RSRCH, SO ACCURATE EVAL WAS IMPOSSIBLE. LITTLE PRIMARY RSRCH WAS PERFORMED; MOST WAS SECONDARY, OF WHICH THE GOVT OF KENYA MADE LITTLE USE. UNIV OF NAIROBI'S INSTIT OF DEVEL STUDIES (IDS) PARTICIPATED LITTLE IN THE PROJECT & CAUSED SOME CONTENTION WITH THE UNIV'S ARTS FACULTY OVER DIFFERENT RSRCH APPROACHES. SINCE AID FUNDING STOPPED AFTER TWO YRS OF WHAT UNIV HAD EXPECTED TO BE FOUR YRS FUNDING, RSRCH TOPICS SUBMITTED BY THE UNIV WERE FOR LONG-TERM, LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS WHICH DID NOT SATISFY AID PROGRAM GOALS & CONSTITUTED DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF DEVEL RSRCH. UNIV OF ABIDJAN'S CENTER IVOIRIEN DE RECHERCHES ECONOMIQUES ET SOCIALES(CIRES) HAS PUBLISHED THREE RSRCH PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE CONCRETE DATA & PRACTICAL ANALYSIS OF IVORY COAST DEVEL PROBLEMS. SINCE CIRES RSRCH MUST FIRST BE REQUESTED BY MINISTRY OF SCIENTIFIC RSRCH, IT IS ASSUMED THAT GOVT WILL USE THESE STUDIES EVEN OF THERE IS NO CURRENT USE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT QUALIFIED SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL PERSONNEL TO CARRY-OUT NEEDED RSRCH BECAUSE CIRES SALARIES ARE NOT COMPETITIVE WITH PRIVATE SECTOR, A PROBLEM BEING SOLVED BY FOCUSING IN TRNG IN PREFERENCE TO RSRCH OUTPUT. THIS ADJUSTMENT HAS AID INCREASING CIRES STAFF SALARIES, PAYING RSRCH ASSISTANTS ON SALARY INSTEAD OF FELLOWSHIPS & REQUIRING THOSE WHOSE STUDIES HAVE BEEN CIRES-FUNDED TO SERVE CIRES FOR AS MANY YRS AS TRNG WAS RECEIVED FROM CIRES. FUTURE FUNDING SHOULD CALL FOR MORE RSRCH COOP AMONG INSTITS & NATIONS WHILE DIVERSIFYING EMPHASIS INTO DEMOGRAPHY, INDUSTRIAL ECON, TRADE, QUANTITATIVE COMPUTER METHODS, AND SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN RURAL DEVEL. UNIV OF DAKAR'S INSTIT UNIVERSITAIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE(IUT) HAS PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER EXPENDITURE STUDY THROUGH COLLABORATION OF FACULTY & STUDENTS. THE STUDY HAS RECEIVED GOOD REACTIONS FOR THE SOPHISTICATN OF TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED FOR STORING & RETRIEVING VARIED DATA ON AN IBM 1130. PROJECT HAS FAILED TO TRAIN SENIOR RSRCH FACULTY.