Clearinghouse on development communications

THIS MANAGEMENT REVIEW REPRESENTS THE TERMINATION OF A COMPLETED CONTRACT FOR ONGOING SERVICES WHICH CAN BE TRACED BACK TO RECOGNIZED NEEDS IN 1971. PROJECT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO INCREASING AWARENESS OF AID"S FIELD PERSONNEL AND THE CONTINUING STUDY OF FIELD RESPONSES TO ONGOING INFORMATIONAL ISSUANCES. A TOTAL OF 71 "PROJECT PROFILES" HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AS OF 12/79. THIS NUMBER IS LESS THAN THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL RATE OF 32 PER YEAR. THREE HUNDRED COPIES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED, BOTH IN AID/WASHINGTON AND TO ALL AID MISSIONS AND LDC ORGANIZATIONS. THE SELECTIVE ASSEMBLY OF PROFILES TO MEET SPECIALIZED INTERESTS OF SEMINARS BY SECTOR OR PROPOSAL ILLUSTRATION, AS IN THE CASE OF THE RURAL SATELLITE PROJECT, HAS BEEN A WELCOMED ADVANTAGE. A STATE-OF-THE-ARTS REVIEW, NUMBER 9 MTU NI AFYA: TANZANIA"S HEALTH CAMPAIGN, BY BUDD L. HALL, WAS ISSUED IN JUNE 1978. "DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION REPORTS"(DRC) COVERS COMMUNICATION ISSUES AND PROBLEMS WITH A THEMATIC CORE AS WELL AS SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. DCR"S REACH ABOUT 7,500 PERSONNEL OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 60% ARE OVERSEAS, 500 OF WHICH ARE AID MISSION PERSONNEL. AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST 300 RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT OUT IN APRIL 1978 INDICATED THAT OVER 50% OF THE READERS ARE POLICY MAKERS AND THAT THE PRIMARY INTEREST IS IN EDUCATION OR CROSS-SECTORAL PROBLEMS. THE DOCUMENT AWARENESS LIST HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED ON DS/ED RECOMMENDATION AS BEING OF LIMITED VALUE TO THE FIELD. REFERENCE SERVICES IN THE ANSWERING OF INQUIRIES AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CDC COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ARE REGRADED AS ESSENTIAL BASIC SERVICES. SEMINAR SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY STAFF PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGNING OF MATERIALS FOR AID-REQUESTED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION SEMINARS. A RECENT EXAMPLE WAS THE COOPERATIVE PLANNING AND PROVISION OF MATERIALS FOR A 1979 SUMMER WORKSHOP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., "COMMUNICATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT", CONDUCTED BY STANFORD UNIVERSITY UNDER CONTRACT FOR DS/ED.