EVALUATION OF DUALABS PROJECT; AFRICAN DATA FOR DECISION MAKING

THE EVALUATORS WERE WELL SATISFIED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECT PERSONNEL. BOTH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY DELAYED FOR DIFFERING AND UNANTICIPATED REASONS. IN KENYA, THE WORK HAS BEEN HINDERED PRINCIPALLY BY THE EXTENT OF COMPUTER CONVERSION UNDERTAKEN IN THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS. IN CAMEROON THE DELAY WAS ATTRIBUTED PRINCIPALLY TO TIME CONSUMED IN CLEARANCES AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND THE FACT THAT THE CAMEROON PROJECT AGREEMENT WAS NOT SIGNED UNTIL FEBRUARY 1975. IT WAS THE UNANIMOUS OPINION OF THE EVALUATORS THAT THE PROJECT WILL PROVE TO BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO BOTH COUNTRIES IN THE USE OF DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING CONCERNING POPULATION AND OTHER SOCIO-ECONOMIC POLICIES. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE NECESSARY ADDITIONAL TIME THROUGH JUNE 30, 1976, BE GRANTED AND THAT SUFFICIENT FUNDS BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE PERIOD TO PERMIT THE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE OBJECTIVES SPECIFIED AND TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL COUNTERPARTS ARE SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED TO CARRY ON THE PROGRAM. THE EVALUATORS MADE 24 SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.