Global programs / Global award AID/TA-C-1140 · 1975 · housing, urban and municipal infrastructure · Planning and Development Collaborative International, Inc. (PADCO)
Explains the basic concepts and present status of networking and suggests priorities and strategies for future networking activities. Networking is the effective exchange of information between diverse organizations concerned with similar development goals. Networking mechanisms include research data exchange and mutual advisory services. The report's introductory section emphasizes the need for development efforts which focus on urban areas and notes that the urban growth experience of more developed countries cannot be usefully applied to the radically different urban development conditions of less developed countries (LDC). The consequent need for international networking among LDCs is detailed in Chapter 1, which contains results of a survey of LDC development personnel. The LDC respondents generally indicated strong support for programs to improve development information exchange channels. Chapter 2 assesses the present status of networking and outlines major problems in existing LDC networks; Chapter 3 presents a schema for their improvement. In Chapter 4 priorities are suggested for AID support of LDC networks; these priorities comprise the establishment of a U.S. networking
Source: DEC abstract, PN-RAB-505 (1975). The source's own text.
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| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
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| Planning and Development Collaborative International, Inc. (PADCO) | implementer | 1975 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
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| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
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| AID/TA-C-1140 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1975 | Stated in a document |
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Sector profile (computed): Housing, urban and municipal infrastructure 50%; Program management, planning and administration 50%
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