Cairo university/MIT : development planning studies

PES covers the period 9/80-2/83 and consists of a facesheet attached to a special evaluation (XD-AAM-724-A). It is recommended that the project, which is just now reaching a breakthrough point, be continued given CU/MIT"s acceptance of the recommendations made in the special evaluation. Specific recommendations are to: develop a fiscal viability plan for the DRTPC (dealing at least with the size and cost of core faculty, the problem of indirect costs, and the relationship of current research selection criteria to income), determine its overhead, and assess its status annually; prepare, in the light of the DRTPC"s funding problem, criteria for USAID/E-funded activities; prepare a specific DRTPC marketing and institutional development strategy directed to high priority sectors, along with a brochure describing DRTPC services, resources, and contracting procedures; conduct a survey of CU faculty potentially available to the DRTPC in targeted sectors; investigate, for long-term planning purposes, the organization, funding, support, and activities of other CU research and service centers; and have the HRDC - the USAID/E division responsible for science and technology, technology transfer, and university-related projects - develop mechanisms to effectively coordinate projects in relevant sectors and encourage different USAID/E offices to use DRTPC services.