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Development studies program (DSP)

RADIO OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY FOR COMMUNICATING KNOWLEDGE TO RURAL POPULATIONS IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT RELY ON LITERACY AND WHICH CAN ACHIEVE BROAD COVERAGE AT A LOW UNIT COST. DEC abstract (PN-AAD-299)

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Key prj:6980135

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149 facts shown; 0 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 102 documents cite this program.

The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.

The program was established in 1975 as part of the agency's effort to implement the 1973 Foreign Assistance Act.1 The program's overall goal is to improve the quality of analysis, design, and implementation of AID programs and projects for assisting the rural poor.1 The program was intended to foster AID officers' awareness and support for the mandate.2

Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.

Operated in: Africa South of Sahara, East Africa, Cameroon, Southern Hemisphere, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Africa, Sudan, Sahel, Congo Democratic Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Nepal, Pakistan, Haiti, Zambia, Chad, Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique, Senegal, Liberia, Botswana, Malawi, Kenya, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mali, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Central Africa.

Years: 1975 to 1994 years in documents
Implementer: Clark University. International Development Program; Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC); American Public Health Association; and 29 more 18 sources
Funder or award: USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Southern African Affairs; AFR-0135-C-1074; AID/AFR-C-1253
Purpose: The program's overall goal is to improve the quality of analysis, design, and implementation of AID programs and projects for assisting the rural poor.source

Also regional, not drawn: Africa South of Sahara (1980 to 1989); East Africa (1978 to 1982); Southern Hemisphere (1979 to 1983); Africa (1977 to 1979); Sahel (1977); Congo Democratic Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Nepal, Pakistan, Haiti (1977 to 1982); Central Africa (1982).

Africa South of Sahara 1980 to 1989
East Africa 1978 to 1982
1977 to 1980
Southern Hemisphere 1979 to 1983
1979 to 1983
1977 to 1985
1977 to 1985
Africa 1977 to 1979
1977 to 1983
Sahel 1977
Congo Democratic Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Nepal, Pakistan, Haiti 1977 to 1982
1979 to 1985
1977 to 1979
1979 to 1982
1981 to 1983
1981 to 1985
1977 to 1981
1977 to 1981
1977 to 1985
1979 to 1985
1980 to 1982
1981 to 1985
1980 to 1981
1981 to 1985
1977 to 1981
1976
1981
1981
1979
Central Africa 1982

Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents

Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.

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District · 10 mentions · 1981 to 1985
District · 8 mentions · 1985
Region or province · 2 mentions · 1985
Region or province · 2 mentions · 1985
District · 1 mention · 1985
District · 1 mention · 1985
District · 1 mention · 1979
District · 1 mention · 1985

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Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule

When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years

Axis: years in documents. The start year comes from first seen; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.

Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year

Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records

Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Clark University. International Development Program	implementer	1978 to 1983	Stated in a document	18 sources
Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)	implementer	1980 to 1985	Stated in a document	14 sources

Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records

Basis: read from a record field

Awards this program is funded through (identifiers, not amounts).
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
AFR-0135-C-1074 (contract, fiscal year not recorded)	1980 to 1983	Stated in a document	12 sources
AID/AFR-C-1253 (contract, fiscal year not recorded)	1977	Stated in a document	7 sources

Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags

Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets

Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents

Evaluation studies and evaluation-stage documents, by title and year. Findings not extracted yet.
Title	Year	Document	Why listed
Development studies program interim evaluation : final report	1975	PD-ACL-938	linked as an evaluation of this program
African women in development	1980	PN-AAK-439	evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier)

Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.

Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library

Development studies program (DSP)

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
African Bibliographic Center. Southern Africa Development Information/Documentation Exchange	implementer	1981 to 1982	Stated in a document	2 sources
Conserted Action for Development of Africa	implementer	1980	Stated in a document	2 sources
Jeffalyn Johnson and Associates, Inc.	implementer	1980 to 1982	Stated in a document	2 sources
Overseas Development Council (ODC)	implementer	1977 to 1979	Stated in a document	2 sources
Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED)	implementer	1984	Stated in a document	1 source
African Bibliographic Center	implementer	1981	Stated in a document	1 source
Louis Berger International, Inc. (LBII)	implementer	1979	Stated in a document	1 source
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology	implementer	1977	Stated in a document	1 source
Clark University	implementer	1979	Stated in a document	1 source
Inter-African Bur. for Animal Resources	implementer	1979	Stated in a document	1 source
Pacific Consultants	implementer	1978	Stated in a document	1 source
South-East Consortium for International Development (SECID)	implementer	1982	Stated in a document	1 source
U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers	implementer	1981	Stated in a document	1 source
Auburn University. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station	implementer	1985	Stated in a document	1 source
Associates in Rural Development, Inc. (ARD)	implementer	1982	Stated in a document	1 source
Elliot Berg Associates	implementer	1982	Stated in a document	1 source
Boston University. Dept. of Economics. African Studies Center	implementer	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
University of Khartoum. Institute of Environmental Studies	implementer	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
University of Dar es Salaam. Institute of Resource Assessment	implementer	1982	Stated in a document	1 source
National University of Rwanda. Center of Energy Studies and Applications in Rwanda	implementer	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
Hoff & Overgaard Planning Consultants	implementer	1980	Stated in a document	1 source
Devres, Inc.	implementer	1981	Stated in a document	1 source
Tulane University. Payson Center for International Development and Technology	implementer	1994	Stated in a document	1 source
Resources Development Associates International, Inc.	implementer	1980	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Southern African Affairs	1980 to 1985	Stated in a document	16 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Regional Economic Development Services Ofc. (REDSO) East Africa	1980 to 1983	Stated in a document	11 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa	1977 to 1989	Stated in a document	9 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Development Resources	1979 to 1981	Stated in a document	8 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Central Africa Affairs	1980 to 1982	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Regional Affairs	1981 to 1985	Stated in a document	4 sources
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)	1981 to 1994	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to Somalia	1979 to 1983	Stated in a document	3 sources
USAID. Bur. for Program and Management Services. Ofc. of Personnel Management	1977 to 1978	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Rwanda	1981 to 1983	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Development Support. Ofc. of Agriculture	1981	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Program and Policy Coordination. Ofc. of Evaluation	1975	Stated in a document	1 source
U.S. Dept. of State. National Committee for Man and the Biosphere	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Development Studies Program	1977	Stated in a document	1 source
Elliot Berg Associates	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Swaziland	1984	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Cameroon	1980	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Regional Affairs	1979 to 1980	Stated in a document	3 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa	1982	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Development Resources	1980 to 1981	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Program and Management Services. Ofc. of Personnel Management	1976	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Development Studies Program	1978 to 1989	Stated in a document	2 sources
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)	1979	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Somalia	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Tanzania	1980	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Zambia	1980	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
Africa Regional	1977 to 1989	Stated in a document	90 sources
Guatemala	1976	Stated in a document	1 source
Nicaragua	1978	Stated in a document	1 source
Sudan	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
Tanzania	1977	Stated in a document	1 source
Cameroon	1980	Stated in a document	1 source

What this program was

Where it worked11

Places30

Timelineyears: years in documents

Political context

Implementers32

Awards and funding sources72

Topic tags15

Similar programs

Evaluations and lessons2

Documents by lifecycle stage102years in documents

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with