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From page 353... ... , the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Approximately 95 percent of the department's social knowledge production and application activities is obligated by AID. Read the entire page →
From page 354... ... Table 16-2 presents the Department of State agencies that support social knowledge production and application activities. As noted above, only three components of the department support social knowledge production and application activities. Read the entire page →
From page 355... ... Predominant Organizational Location of Total Social Social Social Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Production Production Production and and and Application Application Application Primary Goal Agency Obligations Activity Activity or Audience" Agency for 27.2 Research Operating Knowledge for International program third parties Development Departmental activities 1.8 Research Policy-making Improvement of office federal policies TOTAL 29.0 "See Chapter 2 for a more detailed discussion. 'Includes the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Read the entire page →
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From page 358... ... Knowledge Production Activities Knowledge Application Activities Policy Policy Formula- Program General Implemen- DevelopFiscal Re- tion Dem- Evalu- Purpose tation Dem- ment of DissemYear search onstrations ation Statistics Total onstrations Materials ination Total TOTAL 1975 11.096 1.834 834 13.764 150 259 3.649 4.058 17.822 1976 12.856 1.404 1.329 15.589 930 300 5.542 6.772 22,161 1977 16.078 2.135 875 19.088 300 434 7.376 8.110 27.198 It is the policy of the United States to assist the people of less developed countries in developing their human and economic resources, increasing their productive capacity, and improving the quality of human life in those countries. The Agency for International Development (AID) Read the entire page →
From page 359... ... The interregional population program focuses on six areas: education and information systems; manpower and institutional development; demographic and social data; population policy, dynamics, and fertility behavior; fertility control techniques and operations research; and family planning delivery systems. Varying amounts of social research and related activities are conducted in each area; the bureau's fiscal 1977 total for social knowledge production and application was $16.0 million. Read the entire page →
From page 360... ... Areas of research include: LABORATORIES FOR POPULATION STATISTICS ThJS prOJCCt JS developing and implementing demographic data systems and methodologies to provide an information base for social and economic developmental planning. MEASURE OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE The purpose of this program is to generate continuous, current, and reliable fertility and mortality data in selected countries by improving systems of vital events registration and using the data generated by those systems and others to measure the demographic impact of family planning programs. Read the entire page →
From page 361... ... However, some social knowledge production and application activities are supported in this program. Research is funded to study innovative, integrated family planning distribution sys Read the entire page →
From page 362... ... Food and Nutrition While the greatest emphasis is placed on food production and agricultural research, social knowledge production and application activities are supported in three areas: agricultural management and support, agricultural economics and analysis, and national nutrition planning and motivation. The agricultural management and support program supports a variety of dissemination activities. Read the entire page →
From page 363... ... A variety of dissemination activities, including technical assistance and workshops, are supported in the area of nutrition education and child feeding. Health AID'S interregional health program attempts to assist developing countries in improving health care delivery to the poor, with emphasis on maternal and child health, nutrition, family planning, improving the efficiency and equity of health care resource allocations, and improving environmental health problems. Read the entire page →
From page 364... ... Other research studies are examining ways in which rural local organizations in developing countries can be used as vehicles for effective informal education programs. Selected Development Programs Social knowledge production and application activities are being funded in two areas: urban development and social and economic research. Read the entire page →
From page 365... ... Its fiscal 1977 total for social knowledge production and application activities was $1.3 million. The bureau produces intelligence studies and current intelligence analyses essential to the formulation of U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 366... ... The purpose of the center is to facilitate the exchange of information between the government and the academic community on completed research, thus increasing the use of research results and helping to avoid duplication. The office issues three series of publications: o Foreign Affairs Papers Available, a monthly accessions list of papers collected by the Foreign Affairs Documentation Center; o Foreign Affairs Research: Special Papers Available, an annual cumulative listing of research papers previously cited in monthly Papers Available; and o Government-Supported Research on Foreign Affairs: Current Projects Information, an annual listing of research projects that were initiated, ongoing, and completed during the fiscal year. Read the entire page →
From page 367... ... The bureau supports research activities on American studies at research centers in foreign nations. Grants are given to American and foreign scholars who specialize in U.S. Read the entire page →

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... , the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Approximately 95 percent of the department's social knowledge production and application activities is obligated by AID.

'DEPARTMENT OF STATE' Pages 353-367

'DEPARTMENT OF STATE'
Pages 353-367