Technical Assistance Methodology Development

PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING 11 ACTIVITIES. 1) NORTH CAROLINA ST UNIV WILL PREPARE, THEN PRINT & DISTRIBUTE A MANUAL PRESCRIPTIVELY DESCRIBING THE POSITION/ROLE OF THE LEADER OF A TA CONTRACT TEAM. 2) A CONSULTANT TEAM (PSYCHOLOGIST, 2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS) WILL DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY & PACKETS OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTING TA LEADERS. TEAM WILL ANALYZE 400 CRITICAL DECISION-MAKING INCIDENTS & DATA (PROVIDED BY UNIVS) ON TEAM LEADER SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR THIS OUTPUT. METH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE TA SECTION OF THE INTERNATL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW (IDR) , AND PACKETS OF THE VALIDATED INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SENT TO INTERESTED PARTIES. 3) SETS OF SECTOR-SPECIFIC SOCIAL INDICATORS AND THE METHS FOR EVOLVING THESE IN & FOR SELECTED LDC"S WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DISTRIBUTED BY SHORT-TERM CONSULTANTS. A METH FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SETS OF SOCIAL INDICATORS WILL LIKEWISE BE DEVELOPED & DISTRIBUTED. 4) A TYPOLOGY OF PROJ METHS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY CONTRACT PHD-LVL GRAD STUDENTS OR JR PROFESSORS WHO WILL INVESTIGATE PROJ DOCUMENTS. ANOTHER TYPOLOGY WILL BE DEVELOPED THRU FIELD OBSERVATION. 5) A SOURCE BOOK CONTAINING SUMMARIES OF INSTIT BUILDING (IB) LITERATURE, KEY CONCEPTS & RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY THE MIDWEST UNIVS CONSORTIUM FOR INTERNATL ACTIVITIES, INC (MUCIA) . 6) A GRANT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE SOCIETY FOR INTERNATL DEVEL TO PUBLISH A TA SECTION IN ITS IDR. 7) 5 IB CONFERENCES WILL BE SPONSORED BY MUCIA IN VARIOUS LDC"S. 8) A CONTRACTOR WILL PREPARE AN INVENTORY OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS IN SELECT LDC"S. COPIES OF THE INVENTORY WILL BE SENT TO INTERESTED PARTIES. 9) MUCIA WILL SPONSOR 3 REGIONAL CONFERENCES FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM LDC BEHAV SCIENCE INSTITS. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE PRINTED & DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS. 10) 5 SEMINARS IN BEHAV SCI WILL BE CONDUCTED. 5 PRE-SEMINAR PAPERS ON TA-RELATED SUBJECTS WILL BE CONTRACTED. 11) MISCELLANEOUS TA REPORTS WILL BE PREPARED.