INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS ON POPULATION POLICY ANALYSIS

THE RESULTS OF THE SEMINARS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS A BOOK IN TIME FOR THE AUGUST 1974 UN WORLD POPULATION CONFERENCE. POSSIBLE REGIONAL SEMINAR SITES ARE LAGOS OR NAIROBI, NEW DELHI, DJAKARTA, JAPAN, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA AND TURKEY. PARTICIPANTS WILL INCLUDE GOVT POLICY-MAKERS, SCHOLARS, JOURNALISTS, ADMINISTRATORS, BUSINESSMEN, PROFESSIONALS. SEVERAL OF THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ASKED TO WRITE PAPERS. THE BEST PAPERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN A BOOK ON POPULATION POLICY ANALYSIS, A SEQUEL TO"RAPID POPULATION GROWTH",AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UN WORLD POP CONFERENCE PLANNED FOR 8/74. THIS BOOK,"POPULATION POLICY ANALYSIS",A HANDBOOK OF CASE HISTORIES,SPECULATIVE IDEAS, EVALUATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE, WILL ASSIST POLICY MAKERS AND SCHOLARS ANALYZE THE POPULATION POLICY NEEDS OF THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL RESULT IN A SMALL FRATERNITY OF POPULATION ANALYSTS IN LDCS TO PROVIDE A NUCLEUS FOR SCHOLARLY AND TECHNICAL FOLLOW-UP ACTION IN COMING YEARS. THE CONTRACTOR WILL CREATE AN NAS STEERING COMMITTEE INCLUDING MEMBERS FROM LDCS, DEVISE AN AGENDA FOR SEMINARS; SOLICIT INFORMAL PAPERS FOR EACH SEMINAR AND LATER PAPERS ON SUBJECTS NOT COVERED. LDC STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL CHAIR THE LDC SEMINARS AND, WITH POST-MORTEM REPORTS, SEEK TO FILL THE GAPS IN THE PROPOSED BOOK. A COMPETENT WRITER WILL REPORT ON EACH SEMINAR. BENEFICIARIES WILL BE LDC PLANNERS AND ECONOMISTS. THE NAS STEERING COMMITTEE WILL IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT WHICH IS UNDER THE AEGIS OF NAS AND MONITORED BY AID. AID WILL FUND 25% OF THE PROJECT DIRECTOR"S SALARY AND 10% OF THE ADMIN ASST"S SALARY; ALL OF THE SALARIES OF STAFF COORDINATOR AND SECRETARY, AND A SET PORTION OF FRINGE BENEFITS, PERSONAL SERVICES, TRAVEL, COMMUNICATION AND SHIPPING, PRINTING, MATERIALS, SERVICES AND INDIRECT COSTS.