EVALUATION REPORT : LAW AND POPULATION PROGRAM, TUFTS UNIVERSITY

WHILE CONTINUANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON POPULATION LAW IS NECESSARY TO EXERT INFLUENCE IN INSTIGATING REFORMS IN POPULATION LAWS IN SOVEREIGN NATIONS, THIS ORGANIZATION"S FUNCTION AND COMPOSITION HAS NOT LENT ITSELF TO VIABILITY NOR INDEPENDENCE BUT REFLECTS MORE AN EXTENSION OF THE FLETCHER PROGRAM. WHILE THE EFFORTS TO STIMULATE AWARENESS AND ACTION ON POPULATION LAWS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY FRUITFUL, IT HAS OCCURRED AT THE SACRIFICE OF THE RESEARCH OUTPUT EXPECTED BY THE CORE PROGRAM. A LEGAL REPORTING NETWORK HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, BUT, TO THIS DATE, HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THOSE CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES WHERE THERE ARE LAW AND POPULATION PROJECTS. A LEGAL REFERENCE SERVICE AND LIBRARY HAS BEEN INITIATED. THE EVALUATORS MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING THAT AID EITHER: (1)SUPPORT THE PROJECT UNDER A TIME-LIMITED CONSTRAINT TO EFFECT THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE PROGRAM AND TO DEVELOP AN AGREED-UPON SET OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES, OR (2)PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PERMIT THE COMPLETION OF SOME ACTIVITIES ALREADY INITIATED.