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" NO. --- J1· 11 X 1021 .. ------ - .. ----- '"' 2. "L .. ,. 402-31-009-00-20-51 ------ .. _--- l. 1'1011 NO. su?porn !;FRVIGES AGRFEr,' T BETWEEN THE AGENCY FOR INTEnNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPMn-lEt:T OF CO:·!:·IERCE 4. C ... ECK APf-UUP. l,.;:,( r.t c I GIN ,\ L t\ ND NO. 5. NO. f,O:vt/CEtl 03-75 t. rlSCAL VfAk _______ 7. f YEAH I Pltl ... I(')\.)!' ... t.,OUNl .l C •• J AMOU .... ' 1 n nil.' l- ---r-- FUNDING 800 . _ $l17 BOU - -'------------ -'-------------_._- .- ._- '_-"_._-,, .. -' . •• AUT liOf<l TV tH' IoCf'f-Jt"l t.l" ••• q:,. lAflOVJ:. 11041111 Vchrunry 1(), 1«J(ll ·10 i)l'ovi.jc ar.:,lytic;ll advbory I;ervic;'es to TAfAGJ{/ESP in flll:i.ll __ ev.:lltw""t..;,i.;,.;O""I""1;;... _______________ , _____________ _ 10. 10 Ui. P;::R' A f AID h.J!> c[;tdbiishcd :.J \·:orid.ng Croup on the RUr.:J.I Ponr to define planninG for FY 1975 and fy 1916. of its tnsk the Croup a methodology to evaluate the 1.mp.:1cl of oll-going [lllU potential projects as Hell as rural development goals. 'fill[; recruits the of Dr. l!. AllJc!."t Gree!1 of the Census Burei'lll to h81p d,:::vel(lp a nlr.:>·! planning ll1ethodoloGY to cY2.1uute the ::.r.lpr-,,-:t· oi: on-r;oing nlld r-otentLd projects as Hell as rural devclopment gO.:lls. n. to hc' T't'rfol"P,cJ ----._---_.--------------------- Rural project pLmning requires a frmneHork ",ithin ",hich to Ho·:k. 'l'IH!1:e should be (n) clenr, concise and definitions of the purposes an,! of 1:u')";11 clcvclopmenL'; (lJ) a C01'ccptu;iJ. {:C<:I;10\'lOrk for il .er.-1"elati116 these 1111d gO[lJt'; (c) an of political, econolnic, il\1U social on (d) of Pl.'OJl!ct outplltf;; and, (e) [In ...... ,' ... f·.! " ... 1 on.,1<.! ("I'Cl.')" ' ..• l.\. '0' J. C:'" ..... _ ••• Tn order to hi,ve <l fJ::.llllo:.I7ork, tile tcchnicLll1 is to (,1) il.SSeSS ,Nail L:t..le lite:ratucc, devclop [tnd r(:tine eoncc(,tual r::odcls; (b) sc:I(!ct lip to five projects and for ;,pp of thc'.sc! fr::mcHOl'ks. As pnl t of this task l.ll' \'!ill identif.y I.bc outputs of t.llc:;c projects conceptually relate them to the mocl(;ls, (c) (',SU.l'l,1tc the :i.ntr.zral to the COl1ccptuClI models, nrid devC'.ior (COt\TIt\Uf:D) ------_._._._-_. ----,,-_._--------"-_._-,------- ----- A. P Idt 1 I c: I P /. 'I If I l. :. Ct. r" Y L!.:a t:'i I.) I B. A I [.) T l: r..: H h!! C 1\ L C"- fie C ot:,ICl: Ilj I!IL 1HIS WILL (ONTIt"UE If.J rOHCC. At..lD .. I·.'_:E -r .. Ut-JilL 1HC Uf, '..rJV f'AHT TH l:.r--< EOF, TERMIf",ATLD r..,.TER r.JbTICi: Cv l. ltii:fi r·Ar·-:'" t, 13. SIGNIITUIIE.f, NAt..<E: TITLE: Office of ComrnCl M.II1:lf,C'filt·1lI AGENCV: Hllr()IlU of the ------------_._-_._-- AGENCY: AgPIlC)' for In!('rnationa! [)('\'l'!"i'11l1 1l1 [HTI:! _--'2:!tob,!l' )). J9'/± ______ ·___ OA'Tl': ------ ----------------=========. OCT 3 ; 13'('4 14. ATTAI.HM[tHS, _.lII.N Arl/,cIIU'. lHLSL.: h"FEtJP.':l:S AHt: I'AII1' or TIll' H!>S" A.GfH:n ... r.NT f?<) AF>PENOIX" IIUC.Gl T AG,<t:I:'ACHT (?q 0 nSSA C(lllT1Nl'ATtON ---- AID I."JI . J

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I~--O~HITI()N NO

--- J1middot 11 X 1021 ------ - ----- 2 L OI~ItNT ~(l ~ 402-31-009-00-20-51 ------ _---

l 11011 NO ()llllGATIOI~ ~JO

~URC(S suporn FRVIGES AGRFEr T BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTEnNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND

DEPMn-lEtT OF COmiddotmiddotIERCE

4 C ECK APf-UUP l(

rt c r~ I GIN L t A~H ND NO

5 nS~A NO

fOvtCEtl 03-75 t rlSCAL VfAk

931-~~)-0~~3-31~~22~~~~~~~n~~=u~~~~(~)F~C~~~~~S~U~S _______ ~~~~~1~9~7~5~_U~ 7 (UHH(~T f ~CL YEAH I Pltl I()) tOUNl l C bullbull tAN~E J AMOU 1 n nil l- ---r--

FUNDING ~47 800 _ $l17 BOU - --~ ------------- --------------__- - _- _-__- - bullbull AUT liOfltl TV

~~~~~_I_~middot~I~~~A~~~~~_I~~~~_~~~~I tH IoCff-Jtl tl bullbullbull q lAflOVJ 11041111 Vchrunry 1() 1laquoJ(ll ~ PURP(l~r middot10 i)lovijc arlyticll advbory Iervices to TAfAGJESP in flllill d(vcT(iiil~it---__ pl[ln~1lL~S~Ili~-~ evlltwtiOI1 _______________ _____________ _

10 ~[HVIC[~ 10 Ui PR O~MLD

A _J~o0S~t~I_[n f (~~c~t~ AID hJgt c[tdbiishcd J middotoridng Croup on the RUrJI Ponr to define planninG for FY 1975 and fy 1916 A~ p~rt of its tnsk the Croup ~cquires a methodology to evaluate the 1mp1cl of oll-going [lllU potential projects as Hell as rural development goals

fill[ ~)S~~A recruits the servic(~s of Dr l AllJct Gree1 of the Census Bureilll to h81p dvel(lp a nlrgtmiddot rlimiddotIi~ir)rm0nt p1j~~ct planning ll1ethodoloGY to cY21uute the rlpr--tmiddot oi on-roing nlld r-otentLd projects as Hell as rural devclopment gOlls

n Se)i(C~ to hc TtrfolPcJ ----_---_---------------------Rural dCVcJOPl~Ci1( project pLmning requires a frmneHork ithin hich to Homiddotk lIH1e should be (n) clenr concise and measur~blc definitions of the purposes an go~ls of 1u)11 clcvclopmenL (lJ) a C01ccptuiJ CltI10lOrk for il er-1elati116 these pllrIDl~ 1111d gO[lJt (c) an t1ndcr~tnndJI1G of political econolnic il1U social ch[lr[1cterJ-i(~

implnJil~ on thc~( ~(~llG (d) iden~middotiflciitl()n of PlOJlct outplltf and (e) [In ~ fmiddot 1 on1lt (ICl) bull l 0 J C _ bullbullbull

Tn order to hive ltl t1Se~)Je fJlllloI7ork tile tcchnicLll1 is to (1) ilSSeSS Nail Ltle literatucc devclop [tnd r(tine eoncc(tual rodcls (b) scI(ct lip to five projects and P)(JgTr1~~ for pp lL~ation of thcsc frmcHOlks As pnl t of this task lll ill identify Ibc outputs of tllcc projects (l~cl conceptually relate them to the fOJCToL~ mocl(ls (c) (SUll1tc the pLlr~II(t(n) intrzral to the COl1ccptuClI models nrid devCior

(COtTItUfD) ------____-_ -----__---------__-------- -----

A P Idt 1 I c I P I If I l Ct r ~ Y La ti I) I ~ B A I [) T l r H h C 1 L C- fie C

otICl

UtLrs~ OTHCr~ISC ~jDICT() Ilj IIL n~s 1HIS GnCLIAC~~T WILL (ONTItUE IfJ rOHCC AtlD ~LRVIClS WllLCrJt~ Imiddot_E -r

FUNllLr~LD Ut-JilL 1HC InLlt~Cmiddotjmiddotr Uf rJV fAHT TH lr--lt EOF I~ TERMIfATLD rTER ~LlmiddotDAY rJbTICi Cv l ltiifi rmiddotArmiddot- t

13 SIGNIITUIIEf

NAtltE

TITLE

Office of ComrnCl MII1lfCfiltmiddot1lI

AGENCV Hllr()IlU of the Cen~un ------------__-__-- AGENCY AgPIlC) for In(rnationa [)(li11l1 1l1

[HTI _--2tobl )) J9plusmn ______ middot___ OATl ------ ----------------========= OCT 3 13(4

14 ATTAIHM[tHS _lIIN ArlcIIU lHLSL hFEtJPlS AHt CONrI[~RED IAII1 or TIll HgtS AGfHn rNT

flt) AFgtPENOIX IIUCGl T AGlttIACHT

(q API~NDIX 0 nSSA C(lllT1NlATtON ~HIT

----AID middot~o~ IJI

J

RrSO~2CES SUPC~(j SV1CES AG~EI)iNT BETwEEN =PENDIX A Ia

THE tGNC~ OOR I Ni~~ lTiOAL DiVELOPMEiH AND CC~~~middot CEX 03- i5

19i5 _= pound- = 3JECT CSS I

~-E ~middotrmiddotmiddotT ~CCiEi(D FC~ A~V OaJCT elIS HALL -- =E EXC[EJ Cf r ~r ~AS 1 PEFC~~7l~-SS -E~ ~A- eiE=I POR ~~r-POVAL BV AIC

r---------------------------------------------r---~--------~--------r_--------GqAJE ~~A~_ IGSI ~Q~THS

-=lt II +-------~~-------+---------

JE~CIFT1Cmiddotl - Eco~o~ist Dr r Albert Grcen 157 8 23855 2386 2624

I

= == ~ A covPpound~ SJION

I

71~ A gt ~ePRCgtLCTO ~ bull =_ e~Lc)

26302

2631

3465

3348

i =--L SEICES cogtutcr I ~~ I 1 a I ~=~==v ~ELO tircamptpes 00 ----~-----r~

__~~I_s_-_~ __ =_L_E __ s_A_~_o __ w_A_-__E_p_A __ L_s ____ ~~------i_-_1_9 ~I I 31

31 C 1~VEIIT urPLJIN foE~OL f e r b~ 2 d c h Ci r f_ 8_S_ _-_9_lo_-+-_lcO0c275-_---t

I oOTAi I

_ 47300 I

Secretary ~olor~s Ada~s 62 3 2447 245

I

1 2 intmn2~ional rond trips sc1cddi - 1 EthiopLl 1 Taii-~n $3200 ni12ltl3e from rrlc~-1 Heights Md to Net for consultations thrOlltbout 8 D3u---mths Jf services (-hel shuttle bus s~rvice unavClilable) S200 for cost or booE_s I21a-eJ to prJject $5CO L)sessrlcnt for office supplies Divisio41 Gltn Ovpoundr-c2d 1270 Llre2U OV[-2d 1606

Cs-crcc g2neral O~S Overhead applied to total with exc~tion of $200 poundor books to be Cb~2~~cd wi~h PU=Ch3~2 Ordcr

23 Includes ~ent factor aS5esscd at 9 of basic costs

2692

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUAlION

SHEET

Pare 1 of 1

fltE~OURCES 5JPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE JG[IKY rOR INTERN TlONAL OEVELOPMENT AND

DEPARnlENT OF cOmiddotmiddotmRCE BUlEU OF CIJ1SllS

BLOCK 1 0 C(ll~n~1JED

(-_1 ORIGI [- J A-1[~ r) Yl IlAL - NO __ _

RSA NO

CO~fCE 03-75 FI CAL YEAR

197)

plltms f~r ilpp]ying ltInc Ustill[ [-he frameokj ltlnd Cd) determine the fxtC1t to hi~h sHch a fr1(middotork Cll1 currently be appllcd to all regions alltl to oJl projects lJld proshygrams To the (-~t(~n( middot1jlt fuch a hr()ltJd lttpplicatlon docs not prov~ feil3iblc ~p(cjtic

projects -mel rqioll middotilJ he ~dlctcd for inclusion in the frallcl-JOJk Finally 1pplicntloll of the frllllclork is to be madc to obtain estimates of tl1csc rr~JLlti()n~]dp~

from 1_rdjld~l cont-JL ltlilJ rcgio1s lie Fill ltlIsa assist in opel-ltJticnally identifying i1ld e1lDirilly detinil1[j ovcr-il ~oltlls jind purposes of rurll li~vclol)m(nl

as delintllcd hy the F)Ling [lOUp

f_ _8~-L1L_c~_1 ~l~S middotlI_-_~~~~~_J~1~ill ~_tcr~) J is121~tQ_ SerjcC~ The Scl(CLicl )f the CellSllS ljUr~llj)r Gnen [Ol the -lark outlined in thi ESS lool~

into elCColmt cr-rtain ~(c111 -ttriLutes namely (1) A cltJpalJility for 1pplicc1 lttnalysis in ccn1fraphv ecunodcs stotlftics operatic1s rcsC[lfch Clnd conpu(ct science (2) 1~rmiddotlrilmiddotnCc in COl1CcfJtl lalLing nu npgtlying qumLitltivc TJl(middottl~o(()t()[ic~

for LlI1l)i OJ the (hvcc3e cI(II[)zrlphjc~ocial and Ccol1cuic L1CLlt~ of tlle c1CVlJl[middotcnt procCs lllc]uciin pOILLio1 pJ()--il di~t1iblllion md mllticl1 cdllctiol111 ck--lolshyrle-nt 2nd LI1)o[ pound01((0 ]n--l ci[1[-io1 requiremlnts md plovi_iolllt (Jj 11c11 til dld oticr lelfareorini cd ~cJvic(~ slich ~1~ fmlily plI1I1l11~ 2tc l1conc di~middottribulio11 d

(--I ( on (lP ( ~Ir ()lllh ~

~J~(~ (lL A IHOifCS~ J(jJJ)[ is to be SUbE1Htccl (10 copico) to TIIM-lESP DfLcr [mn- lloll[ln JIlr

Ll fin(~l ~CpUJ t (Ie) COFi() on cOiimiddotJlction of Jervicf~s These rfport- ~re to jncllJclcmiddot it lonnuliti r li clt the ~plcUic 1i12dcJ prep~lrCd during tlli utudy torcdhcr ith pl1I1~

f OJ t h c jl q i II J C1 L j on

J SlInervj ~middott (111 ~n( ~1middotiJmiddotj ~()J1 -------- -- - ----- --_--_- _-----Hr 1(middotJIi1n jlcicicr e1i- TAAGrESl ViII provicle guid11lce cmd rllplrvi~ion Tlte PIS t(cllnicLl1 Jill middot(llk (~ircctly middotlith the JAlGRESP officers in ~ericlJturc and reltcd ilqlCU of nIlnl clevcdopment

J_-Ep~~Ll J~~)--I~LqJl (1) SecllriLy Cl (llICC~ tilrOLgh S(~cret is required (2) 10 illtCr1ticnltl1 t(l oririuilting in the US is to be unclertt1ltCll unless prier ap[roll cf cmiddot1rmiddot hlS been olgttailwd (3) The P SA tcchnicLlj1 i~ll have the Slll1e privileges Jf direct-hire empluycc~ hen on TDY OvCl~LC1S

(4) reirlhllJ-C1Cnt fCl ui 1 (agc CXpCll~C~ by private auto fortrlt1vel bctHccn Cellsu Hnrlmmiddot llei~middotlll dd o-d id Stltc if t13ntcd Then the lcgulnr Ccn~)Ui-COiTrncrccmiddot

shuttle bu~ i~ lOt lvi~i] hIe Reimbursemcnt for tnxi fare from the Deplrtr~cnt of Commerce to KCI State is ClutiJoricd

--------------------------------------------------------

c tf

I1SmiddotImiddot f~ITIO N)

_~_ lliLl QIltlt2~3L-__ Z AllOTf(_~ 0

9 Q2 - 31 Q22-ltgt~~----1 J PIOIT NO OOLIGATION NO

RESOUHCES SUPORT SERVCES AGREEMENT uETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNIIIONAl DEVElOPMENT AND

DEPAKTMENT OF COHHERCE COHCEN 3-75

6 fiSCAL YEAR

931-11-199-063-72-3168615 ~ureau of Ce1SUS 1976 7 CURRENT flC L YEAR LOVS AMOUOT I CH~CE I AMOU r 10 PAt rUNoIN~$77OOO $77000

____________ ~~L---__ --__ ----------__ --__ L---__ ~~--bullbull AUTHOfliTV

Feb 20 1967 (j~NfUAL CJlLF rNT ~~TwCrN bullbull 1 C AND THE ACfNCY NA~fO COIiE [JATED

II PURPo--f_--r- provide- analytical advisory services to TAAGESP f)pvelopl11middotnt pl1lllling progranuning and evaluation

in rural

111 SERIICES TO Ol P[RFOrMlJ

This ISA amendment provides funding for continued scrvices by a Bureau of Census Ecollomisl to assist AlDs Jorking Group on the Rural Poor in the development of a rural dcv~lopmenl project plan methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going and polenli31 projccts as Iell as rural development goals begun in FY 1975

B SCOPE OF WORK

1 for tlte soc 111 will b( July 1

The tcollllmist iJl delineate and refine an informational analytic system rural developlIlent planning which 1-li1l consist of three components -(conorlic and political including technological variables Initial (mphasis p]JCu on economic components This task is to be undertaken betmiddot7eei1

Clnd Svptcinber 30

2 1n conjul1cUoll Id_th TAAGR discuss with ~lissionnegionltll Bureau rcpescntltives potential coopctati(JlI by lwsl co~ntJ_ ics and missions to serve as case studies for [l1tl1(1 c1cv-loplilcnl ltInd testi[t~ ([ the cmalytic system Up to five projects in t1nee c)lIntrics ill be started During lhc~e discussions an attempt vill he I~acle to both idIlLify mission and coulltry needs and secure case material for the P)~ojct

3 InHiotc fielc1 lOrlc on project case studies in selected 1DCs The rctults of these studies i11 be intc[rated oIill1in the modcl to provide a generalized infotration

--~-------------------

------------~~--r---- --- C A r bull 0 EI U [) C f- j t ~t i r N U 1 n I ~

O~FCL I-IHtUtmiddotro-I----eMPAS (I( ~- -L

UNLt5S OlHEPwrSL INDtCT() IN THF R~5A THIS ItGrl LM tNT WILL CO TINUE IN tORCE AND SLhVICES ill L C()Nl-INtJL TO (1[

D ~~~dZ~~~i~7 ~~~HO ~~~~lt~~ Vincent P Barabba

TITL E

orlc

crNev

OATI

Dir~ctor ~-----------------

Hurcau of the Gl~I1SUS ----DEL l ~ 1915 =~----__--------__ --------shy _-------

rXl AJrnlll A nlDC(T Aen CLI~T

I ~ APfrNIlI)( n RSSA CONNUATClN S[I~T

140 f

Edwa rd Rmson T TL E Olief bllicillCin~ IIeK) ~l(f

OFrtCE exice of COlltClct Mlnlfcl1Il1lC

Agency Ill InttCnllionJI nvdOpoundllloCOI

PATt __ --I-~ u j~ Yt ~

APPENDIX B

RUA COHTI~UION ~HEET

RESOURCES SUPPORT SERVCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTHENT OF CO~I1ERrn

Bureau of Census

-1 O~IGI [xi AhlE D 2 l_ A~ ~O

RSSII NO

COMCEN 3-75 FI seAL Y[A~

1976

and analytic frammvork for furtlcr utilization in planning and evaluating rural devclopmclt projects A manual and technical reports providing guidelJnes on the implementation of an information analytic system will be provided to AID and LDC project and program planners

C REPORTS

Ten copicti will be submitted as follows

1 Progress report to TAAGR by September 30 1975 on the analytic system including the model delineating linkClg~s amOiH~ rural development project outpuc components and project inputs and plans for case studies

2 Progn~ss reports to Nissions host goverrunents and TAAGR on case studies by DeccllllJ(l 31 1975

3 Technical reports on case study results to Hissions host governments and TAAGR by Junr 30 1976

4 An (lut] inc for ltI manual providin~ guidelines on the implementation of an information malylic systcm ta TAhCR by Barch 31 1976 with drafts to be submitted by JUl1e 30 197(

AvaiLlblc UIl(1lgh thr dlnft paper (Planning and Information The Need and the Potcntill Llll I(Ul~ll lkvclopncnt prcjJ~rcd under this RSSfI by Dr H Albert Grpen

AID Liaison Officer ])r Lehman B Fletcher Chief fAflGIESP The Census technjcjan wiJl receive plagram directives from Dr bull Fletchcr~il and ~ork directly -lith other officers in dtriculture and related fields in TfIflGRESP

Cooperating Country Liaison officials Hill be determined as required

No international travel originating in the US will be undertaken unhmiddotss prior appluvul Jas been obtained from CImiddotlPAS

G SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Rcimblr~(mCnt for mileage expenses by private auto for travel betoleen CensJs HarlOv Heights Hn and New State is granted hen the regular Census-Commerce shuttl~ bur ii not av~dl1blc Reimbursement fot taxi fare from the Department of Conunelce to New State is authorized

Partin fnnriing Addition31 $1)000 will be funded by future RSSA Amendment bull j(jj Due to delayed initiation of project scope of work re)orts reporting dates

and ltUlding will be revised by future RSSA amendment

RSOURCES ~UPORT SERVCES AGREEMfNT BETWEEN -- OmiddotUGI bull X] jIpound~D 2 -JHAL I 0_

APPENDIX A ~S5 NO

rm-lCE~ 3-75 THe AGENCY Fe l NT~~ TIO~AL DEvELOPMENT ANO

1 BUOE7 3Y OECT CLASS THE AMOUNT eVOCETEO FOR ANY OBJECT CLASS S ALL

j

~ 2 S-FFING 03JEC CLASSES 11 AND 1)middot DETAILS

NOT IlE EXCEEDED ev MORE THAN ~ PERCENT UNLESS i GRADE HERE HAS BoEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY 010

TITLENME MANmiddot SALARY 8EE5 TOTAL (GS) MONTHS

-~ I

37050 1 Ill OESCR PT ION A~OJ NT I Cmiddot EconoIilist 157 12

J

II ~EI=t51-iAL COMPENSAilON Se-rctary 62 12 5077

42127

12 BEI1EIIT5 tAT 10~~ PERENTj 4213 ~ I I TRAVE ~o RAOPORTATIO 4700 ~

21 -

CF ~ER~~5 TEXlLtIN 8ELOWJ 3 ~ ~~~

rl l~ v bull JJvV 4

23 FtE cO ~middotJHC( IO s

1191) 6567 AO uTILTES ~pace

24 ~~NT~ ANO REPRODUCTIO~

I EXPLAI OE1CW

~ ~Ep SERVICE

()~middotift yen61~ amp tapes 10000 wo middot - C ue

2e Actual sue~1ies 120 ~ 5PPLIES AND TEP11LS

845

31 Overhead see beTo(J EOUIP ENT tE Pl-A~ BELO J 13128 4

TOTL 90OCO I 3 EXPLANATl0N F nmiddot - - o OUJE_T -LASS_ AND SP_ClL P=10VlSlONS

II Includes 5 pay inrrease 21 2 rd trips to Costa Rica and 2 rd trips to Jordan and mileagetaxi expense for travel between Commerce

and New State as per para G 3 1 Includes approx 2 TDYs of 29 days at Costa Rica $30 per day 2 TDYs of 29 days to Jordan $37 per day

in-transit and niscellaneous exp~~ses il Space charge 119 Division Genl 209 Bureau Genl 85 Corh~ercemiddotOver~ead 5- not applied

a 6ainst computer tL~e and tapes $120 actual supplies 20~ fJr supplies and materials applied against salary only

iALlciiv-T--O- ------ s k~~ ~) (3 3 - bull J ~)Mrli~ ~ L 1 THE AGENCY Fon INTfIiNATIONAL DEVEU1PMENT I tu2-31-099-00-O-(1 Q~-l-Zl a~-iOiT NO OIlUGTION NO J)~rartmCnr- of CO11crcc I fl~~~l H

SJ1-ll-19lt)-U(3-72-3~_I_middot10__il_SJ ________ -hurlmiddotlu of CO~1Cne __ J9J~ _1--__

l p C U FfI L - s C bull L Y l L bull 0 I ~ l u r II c H ( t 0 l 1 I ( CJ middot E

~NOING ________ ~ _____ ~$~7~7LO~0~0~~----~I------~+--S~]~3LO~OO _ $2~Q~ ______ __ 0 AuTHOFlITY l

O (~ampl AcArru[Jrr4T Twr~4 10 AND lHF AC- Y JAuEgt ove OFD February 70 ] 7 ~ _____ _ bullbull PIJRPO~E 10 provide analyical advisory services to TIGRESP in rural dcveloprJ(nt

an~~~~iQ~un~ ________________________________________ _

This RSSA durin~ FY

amendlcnt 19Ui

provides additional $13000 to fully fund services rlqllin d

descrihed in the previous amendment will be rc-schedllled as to conte - ilnd tirling by TrGRESP since Held data collection was delayed

Ulual report is still rcqufrcd I

other provisions remain the same

OFIICE

r I API NOIIC fI RSSA CCItTNVTI)1l ~poundtl

Alit ltV- f

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

(ll o~~~ le h( lrblc r)[L~(l tltc t~chnJdIl Js ~l () [30SS tvdlrJ10 Lrr-~L (~l-I1(lgt l~ jL- 1 cmiddot-middot middot~ middot)tlmiddotJ 1~~Imiddotlgt (0) lgt~t t) middotcmiddot (Irgt lOJ- middott J I~ bull ~) ~~ l bull amp_ bull _ bullbull _ _ ~ 1- L J- 1 t Iy- )J_ - ~

qj(] P~02)~-~~ 1(11 [~~l)~middoti~~1jC ~~E thc~)~ r~i~ll2iOLmiddotl~~J JV Pljt cf cLir l I~ ll~ ill iklt i li( out l1q~ (t th~i) projClUl 11( ccnccptll111y relntc thC1 to the fOJ(~roing IJrJl~)~1 (c) L~tii1i(1 br ri~middotr~tcrj Ll~tq~-lt11 (0 tllO conccptuol r-JLelJ ltlld rkvclop

(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

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REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

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TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

-2-

progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

RrSO~2CES SUPC~(j SV1CES AG~EI)iNT BETwEEN =PENDIX A Ia

THE tGNC~ OOR I Ni~~ lTiOAL DiVELOPMEiH AND CC~~~middot CEX 03- i5

19i5 _= pound- = 3JECT CSS I

~-E ~middotrmiddotmiddotT ~CCiEi(D FC~ A~V OaJCT elIS HALL -- =E EXC[EJ Cf r ~r ~AS 1 PEFC~~7l~-SS -E~ ~A- eiE=I POR ~~r-POVAL BV AIC

r---------------------------------------------r---~--------~--------r_--------GqAJE ~~A~_ IGSI ~Q~THS

-=lt II +-------~~-------+---------

JE~CIFT1Cmiddotl - Eco~o~ist Dr r Albert Grcen 157 8 23855 2386 2624

I

= == ~ A covPpound~ SJION

I

71~ A gt ~ePRCgtLCTO ~ bull =_ e~Lc)

26302

2631

3465

3348

i =--L SEICES cogtutcr I ~~ I 1 a I ~=~==v ~ELO tircamptpes 00 ----~-----r~

__~~I_s_-_~ __ =_L_E __ s_A_~_o __ w_A_-__E_p_A __ L_s ____ ~~------i_-_1_9 ~I I 31

31 C 1~VEIIT urPLJIN foE~OL f e r b~ 2 d c h Ci r f_ 8_S_ _-_9_lo_-+-_lcO0c275-_---t

I oOTAi I

_ 47300 I

Secretary ~olor~s Ada~s 62 3 2447 245

I

1 2 intmn2~ional rond trips sc1cddi - 1 EthiopLl 1 Taii-~n $3200 ni12ltl3e from rrlc~-1 Heights Md to Net for consultations thrOlltbout 8 D3u---mths Jf services (-hel shuttle bus s~rvice unavClilable) S200 for cost or booE_s I21a-eJ to prJject $5CO L)sessrlcnt for office supplies Divisio41 Gltn Ovpoundr-c2d 1270 Llre2U OV[-2d 1606

Cs-crcc g2neral O~S Overhead applied to total with exc~tion of $200 poundor books to be Cb~2~~cd wi~h PU=Ch3~2 Ordcr

23 Includes ~ent factor aS5esscd at 9 of basic costs

2692

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUAlION

SHEET

Pare 1 of 1

fltE~OURCES 5JPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE JG[IKY rOR INTERN TlONAL OEVELOPMENT AND

DEPARnlENT OF cOmiddotmiddotmRCE BUlEU OF CIJ1SllS

BLOCK 1 0 C(ll~n~1JED

(-_1 ORIGI [- J A-1[~ r) Yl IlAL - NO __ _

RSA NO

CO~fCE 03-75 FI CAL YEAR

197)

plltms f~r ilpp]ying ltInc Ustill[ [-he frameokj ltlnd Cd) determine the fxtC1t to hi~h sHch a fr1(middotork Cll1 currently be appllcd to all regions alltl to oJl projects lJld proshygrams To the (-~t(~n( middot1jlt fuch a hr()ltJd lttpplicatlon docs not prov~ feil3iblc ~p(cjtic

projects -mel rqioll middotilJ he ~dlctcd for inclusion in the frallcl-JOJk Finally 1pplicntloll of the frllllclork is to be madc to obtain estimates of tl1csc rr~JLlti()n~]dp~

from 1_rdjld~l cont-JL ltlilJ rcgio1s lie Fill ltlIsa assist in opel-ltJticnally identifying i1ld e1lDirilly detinil1[j ovcr-il ~oltlls jind purposes of rurll li~vclol)m(nl

as delintllcd hy the F)Ling [lOUp

f_ _8~-L1L_c~_1 ~l~S middotlI_-_~~~~~_J~1~ill ~_tcr~) J is121~tQ_ SerjcC~ The Scl(CLicl )f the CellSllS ljUr~llj)r Gnen [Ol the -lark outlined in thi ESS lool~

into elCColmt cr-rtain ~(c111 -ttriLutes namely (1) A cltJpalJility for 1pplicc1 lttnalysis in ccn1fraphv ecunodcs stotlftics operatic1s rcsC[lfch Clnd conpu(ct science (2) 1~rmiddotlrilmiddotnCc in COl1CcfJtl lalLing nu npgtlying qumLitltivc TJl(middottl~o(()t()[ic~

for LlI1l)i OJ the (hvcc3e cI(II[)zrlphjc~ocial and Ccol1cuic L1CLlt~ of tlle c1CVlJl[middotcnt procCs lllc]uciin pOILLio1 pJ()--il di~t1iblllion md mllticl1 cdllctiol111 ck--lolshyrle-nt 2nd LI1)o[ pound01((0 ]n--l ci[1[-io1 requiremlnts md plovi_iolllt (Jj 11c11 til dld oticr lelfareorini cd ~cJvic(~ slich ~1~ fmlily plI1I1l11~ 2tc l1conc di~middottribulio11 d

(--I ( on (lP ( ~Ir ()lllh ~

~J~(~ (lL A IHOifCS~ J(jJJ)[ is to be SUbE1Htccl (10 copico) to TIIM-lESP DfLcr [mn- lloll[ln JIlr

Ll fin(~l ~CpUJ t (Ie) COFi() on cOiimiddotJlction of Jervicf~s These rfport- ~re to jncllJclcmiddot it lonnuliti r li clt the ~plcUic 1i12dcJ prep~lrCd during tlli utudy torcdhcr ith pl1I1~

f OJ t h c jl q i II J C1 L j on

J SlInervj ~middott (111 ~n( ~1middotiJmiddotj ~()J1 -------- -- - ----- --_--_- _-----Hr 1(middotJIi1n jlcicicr e1i- TAAGrESl ViII provicle guid11lce cmd rllplrvi~ion Tlte PIS t(cllnicLl1 Jill middot(llk (~ircctly middotlith the JAlGRESP officers in ~ericlJturc and reltcd ilqlCU of nIlnl clevcdopment

J_-Ep~~Ll J~~)--I~LqJl (1) SecllriLy Cl (llICC~ tilrOLgh S(~cret is required (2) 10 illtCr1ticnltl1 t(l oririuilting in the US is to be unclertt1ltCll unless prier ap[roll cf cmiddot1rmiddot hlS been olgttailwd (3) The P SA tcchnicLlj1 i~ll have the Slll1e privileges Jf direct-hire empluycc~ hen on TDY OvCl~LC1S

(4) reirlhllJ-C1Cnt fCl ui 1 (agc CXpCll~C~ by private auto fortrlt1vel bctHccn Cellsu Hnrlmmiddot llei~middotlll dd o-d id Stltc if t13ntcd Then the lcgulnr Ccn~)Ui-COiTrncrccmiddot

shuttle bu~ i~ lOt lvi~i] hIe Reimbursemcnt for tnxi fare from the Deplrtr~cnt of Commerce to KCI State is ClutiJoricd

--------------------------------------------------------

c tf

I1SmiddotImiddot f~ITIO N)

_~_ lliLl QIltlt2~3L-__ Z AllOTf(_~ 0

9 Q2 - 31 Q22-ltgt~~----1 J PIOIT NO OOLIGATION NO

RESOUHCES SUPORT SERVCES AGREEMENT uETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNIIIONAl DEVElOPMENT AND

DEPAKTMENT OF COHHERCE COHCEN 3-75

6 fiSCAL YEAR

931-11-199-063-72-3168615 ~ureau of Ce1SUS 1976 7 CURRENT flC L YEAR LOVS AMOUOT I CH~CE I AMOU r 10 PAt rUNoIN~$77OOO $77000

____________ ~~L---__ --__ ----------__ --__ L---__ ~~--bullbull AUTHOfliTV

Feb 20 1967 (j~NfUAL CJlLF rNT ~~TwCrN bullbull 1 C AND THE ACfNCY NA~fO COIiE [JATED

II PURPo--f_--r- provide- analytical advisory services to TAAGESP f)pvelopl11middotnt pl1lllling progranuning and evaluation

in rural

111 SERIICES TO Ol P[RFOrMlJ

This ISA amendment provides funding for continued scrvices by a Bureau of Census Ecollomisl to assist AlDs Jorking Group on the Rural Poor in the development of a rural dcv~lopmenl project plan methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going and polenli31 projccts as Iell as rural development goals begun in FY 1975

B SCOPE OF WORK

1 for tlte soc 111 will b( July 1

The tcollllmist iJl delineate and refine an informational analytic system rural developlIlent planning which 1-li1l consist of three components -(conorlic and political including technological variables Initial (mphasis p]JCu on economic components This task is to be undertaken betmiddot7eei1

Clnd Svptcinber 30

2 1n conjul1cUoll Id_th TAAGR discuss with ~lissionnegionltll Bureau rcpescntltives potential coopctati(JlI by lwsl co~ntJ_ ics and missions to serve as case studies for [l1tl1(1 c1cv-loplilcnl ltInd testi[t~ ([ the cmalytic system Up to five projects in t1nee c)lIntrics ill be started During lhc~e discussions an attempt vill he I~acle to both idIlLify mission and coulltry needs and secure case material for the P)~ojct

3 InHiotc fielc1 lOrlc on project case studies in selected 1DCs The rctults of these studies i11 be intc[rated oIill1in the modcl to provide a generalized infotration

--~-------------------

------------~~--r---- --- C A r bull 0 EI U [) C f- j t ~t i r N U 1 n I ~

O~FCL I-IHtUtmiddotro-I----eMPAS (I( ~- -L

UNLt5S OlHEPwrSL INDtCT() IN THF R~5A THIS ItGrl LM tNT WILL CO TINUE IN tORCE AND SLhVICES ill L C()Nl-INtJL TO (1[

D ~~~dZ~~~i~7 ~~~HO ~~~~lt~~ Vincent P Barabba

TITL E

orlc

crNev

OATI

Dir~ctor ~-----------------

Hurcau of the Gl~I1SUS ----DEL l ~ 1915 =~----__--------__ --------shy _-------

rXl AJrnlll A nlDC(T Aen CLI~T

I ~ APfrNIlI)( n RSSA CONNUATClN S[I~T

140 f

Edwa rd Rmson T TL E Olief bllicillCin~ IIeK) ~l(f

OFrtCE exice of COlltClct Mlnlfcl1Il1lC

Agency Ill InttCnllionJI nvdOpoundllloCOI

PATt __ --I-~ u j~ Yt ~

APPENDIX B

RUA COHTI~UION ~HEET

RESOURCES SUPPORT SERVCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTHENT OF CO~I1ERrn

Bureau of Census

-1 O~IGI [xi AhlE D 2 l_ A~ ~O

RSSII NO

COMCEN 3-75 FI seAL Y[A~

1976

and analytic frammvork for furtlcr utilization in planning and evaluating rural devclopmclt projects A manual and technical reports providing guidelJnes on the implementation of an information analytic system will be provided to AID and LDC project and program planners

C REPORTS

Ten copicti will be submitted as follows

1 Progress report to TAAGR by September 30 1975 on the analytic system including the model delineating linkClg~s amOiH~ rural development project outpuc components and project inputs and plans for case studies

2 Progn~ss reports to Nissions host goverrunents and TAAGR on case studies by DeccllllJ(l 31 1975

3 Technical reports on case study results to Hissions host governments and TAAGR by Junr 30 1976

4 An (lut] inc for ltI manual providin~ guidelines on the implementation of an information malylic systcm ta TAhCR by Barch 31 1976 with drafts to be submitted by JUl1e 30 197(

AvaiLlblc UIl(1lgh thr dlnft paper (Planning and Information The Need and the Potcntill Llll I(Ul~ll lkvclopncnt prcjJ~rcd under this RSSfI by Dr H Albert Grpen

AID Liaison Officer ])r Lehman B Fletcher Chief fAflGIESP The Census technjcjan wiJl receive plagram directives from Dr bull Fletchcr~il and ~ork directly -lith other officers in dtriculture and related fields in TfIflGRESP

Cooperating Country Liaison officials Hill be determined as required

No international travel originating in the US will be undertaken unhmiddotss prior appluvul Jas been obtained from CImiddotlPAS

G SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Rcimblr~(mCnt for mileage expenses by private auto for travel betoleen CensJs HarlOv Heights Hn and New State is granted hen the regular Census-Commerce shuttl~ bur ii not av~dl1blc Reimbursement fot taxi fare from the Department of Conunelce to New State is authorized

Partin fnnriing Addition31 $1)000 will be funded by future RSSA Amendment bull j(jj Due to delayed initiation of project scope of work re)orts reporting dates

and ltUlding will be revised by future RSSA amendment

RSOURCES ~UPORT SERVCES AGREEMfNT BETWEEN -- OmiddotUGI bull X] jIpound~D 2 -JHAL I 0_

APPENDIX A ~S5 NO

rm-lCE~ 3-75 THe AGENCY Fe l NT~~ TIO~AL DEvELOPMENT ANO

1 BUOE7 3Y OECT CLASS THE AMOUNT eVOCETEO FOR ANY OBJECT CLASS S ALL

j

~ 2 S-FFING 03JEC CLASSES 11 AND 1)middot DETAILS

NOT IlE EXCEEDED ev MORE THAN ~ PERCENT UNLESS i GRADE HERE HAS BoEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY 010

TITLENME MANmiddot SALARY 8EE5 TOTAL (GS) MONTHS

-~ I

37050 1 Ill OESCR PT ION A~OJ NT I Cmiddot EconoIilist 157 12

J

II ~EI=t51-iAL COMPENSAilON Se-rctary 62 12 5077

42127

12 BEI1EIIT5 tAT 10~~ PERENTj 4213 ~ I I TRAVE ~o RAOPORTATIO 4700 ~

21 -

CF ~ER~~5 TEXlLtIN 8ELOWJ 3 ~ ~~~

rl l~ v bull JJvV 4

23 FtE cO ~middotJHC( IO s

1191) 6567 AO uTILTES ~pace

24 ~~NT~ ANO REPRODUCTIO~

I EXPLAI OE1CW

~ ~Ep SERVICE

()~middotift yen61~ amp tapes 10000 wo middot - C ue

2e Actual sue~1ies 120 ~ 5PPLIES AND TEP11LS

845

31 Overhead see beTo(J EOUIP ENT tE Pl-A~ BELO J 13128 4

TOTL 90OCO I 3 EXPLANATl0N F nmiddot - - o OUJE_T -LASS_ AND SP_ClL P=10VlSlONS

II Includes 5 pay inrrease 21 2 rd trips to Costa Rica and 2 rd trips to Jordan and mileagetaxi expense for travel between Commerce

and New State as per para G 3 1 Includes approx 2 TDYs of 29 days at Costa Rica $30 per day 2 TDYs of 29 days to Jordan $37 per day

in-transit and niscellaneous exp~~ses il Space charge 119 Division Genl 209 Bureau Genl 85 Corh~ercemiddotOver~ead 5- not applied

a 6ainst computer tL~e and tapes $120 actual supplies 20~ fJr supplies and materials applied against salary only

iALlciiv-T--O- ------ s k~~ ~) (3 3 - bull J ~)Mrli~ ~ L 1 THE AGENCY Fon INTfIiNATIONAL DEVEU1PMENT I tu2-31-099-00-O-(1 Q~-l-Zl a~-iOiT NO OIlUGTION NO J)~rartmCnr- of CO11crcc I fl~~~l H

SJ1-ll-19lt)-U(3-72-3~_I_middot10__il_SJ ________ -hurlmiddotlu of CO~1Cne __ J9J~ _1--__

l p C U FfI L - s C bull L Y l L bull 0 I ~ l u r II c H ( t 0 l 1 I ( CJ middot E

~NOING ________ ~ _____ ~$~7~7LO~0~0~~----~I------~+--S~]~3LO~OO _ $2~Q~ ______ __ 0 AuTHOFlITY l

O (~ampl AcArru[Jrr4T Twr~4 10 AND lHF AC- Y JAuEgt ove OFD February 70 ] 7 ~ _____ _ bullbull PIJRPO~E 10 provide analyical advisory services to TIGRESP in rural dcveloprJ(nt

an~~~~iQ~un~ ________________________________________ _

This RSSA durin~ FY

amendlcnt 19Ui

provides additional $13000 to fully fund services rlqllin d

descrihed in the previous amendment will be rc-schedllled as to conte - ilnd tirling by TrGRESP since Held data collection was delayed

Ulual report is still rcqufrcd I

other provisions remain the same

OFIICE

r I API NOIIC fI RSSA CCItTNVTI)1l ~poundtl

Alit ltV- f

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

(ll o~~~ le h( lrblc r)[L~(l tltc t~chnJdIl Js ~l () [30SS tvdlrJ10 Lrr-~L (~l-I1(lgt l~ jL- 1 cmiddot-middot middot~ middot)tlmiddotJ 1~~Imiddotlgt (0) lgt~t t) middotcmiddot (Irgt lOJ- middott J I~ bull ~) ~~ l bull amp_ bull _ bullbull _ _ ~ 1- L J- 1 t Iy- )J_ - ~

qj(] P~02)~-~~ 1(11 [~~l)~middoti~~1jC ~~E thc~)~ r~i~ll2iOLmiddotl~~J JV Pljt cf cLir l I~ ll~ ill iklt i li( out l1q~ (t th~i) projClUl 11( ccnccptll111y relntc thC1 to the fOJ(~roing IJrJl~)~1 (c) L~tii1i(1 br ri~middotr~tcrj Ll~tq~-lt11 (0 tllO conccptuol r-JLelJ ltlld rkvclop

(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

UNLCJ~ (Tfl rmiddotIr I-UICT[l) IN THe RSSf THIS AGr~lLMpoundJ1 WILL CotlTlflUF IN FOI~CE AJO SLr11ICfS WIlLCOt~nfjlJF TO [J[

REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

----------_ - ------__--------13 SIGNATl1i5

If~f d7crd rL1J50n NAMt

------ -- _

_ ___ -z_-f( L- __ _

TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

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APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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rgp U) ~~~~O Fl()tc~~(lr to CU7Lninq ratoltt c2n)lr 3 1975 (l) ~~r~o Frit=- to HrJ30r mi1 rOti~l1n d~i~d PoCC-tb~r J 1975

In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

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11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

irCmiddot_e -1 ll J~tn1--dnn C(Ilti~ ll lct)j~i j~~ltltC~ E~nllh0k i~l

lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

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lc~~( ~ 1(Jt i rmiddot0~tl PcojG 9ll-V~-nct~ 5 ctlpbn 7 c p 7-) X(tdGi8

~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

~()ir- ~lt j )i) Ul ~))C) Ch-~H~Cl 6 ~rtliCpoundiW~ shctl1 )e xol1Ct-i1 ~~It lU~ l 1 i~-t tmiddot)i~~l cn tilO ~~n~lJ~~f-) 13

f($L-cy) T1VpPUOloHettcHpob12G75

MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

-2~

bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUAlION

SHEET

Pare 1 of 1

fltE~OURCES 5JPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE JG[IKY rOR INTERN TlONAL OEVELOPMENT AND

DEPARnlENT OF cOmiddotmiddotmRCE BUlEU OF CIJ1SllS

BLOCK 1 0 C(ll~n~1JED

(-_1 ORIGI [- J A-1[~ r) Yl IlAL - NO __ _

RSA NO

CO~fCE 03-75 FI CAL YEAR

197)

plltms f~r ilpp]ying ltInc Ustill[ [-he frameokj ltlnd Cd) determine the fxtC1t to hi~h sHch a fr1(middotork Cll1 currently be appllcd to all regions alltl to oJl projects lJld proshygrams To the (-~t(~n( middot1jlt fuch a hr()ltJd lttpplicatlon docs not prov~ feil3iblc ~p(cjtic

projects -mel rqioll middotilJ he ~dlctcd for inclusion in the frallcl-JOJk Finally 1pplicntloll of the frllllclork is to be madc to obtain estimates of tl1csc rr~JLlti()n~]dp~

from 1_rdjld~l cont-JL ltlilJ rcgio1s lie Fill ltlIsa assist in opel-ltJticnally identifying i1ld e1lDirilly detinil1[j ovcr-il ~oltlls jind purposes of rurll li~vclol)m(nl

as delintllcd hy the F)Ling [lOUp

f_ _8~-L1L_c~_1 ~l~S middotlI_-_~~~~~_J~1~ill ~_tcr~) J is121~tQ_ SerjcC~ The Scl(CLicl )f the CellSllS ljUr~llj)r Gnen [Ol the -lark outlined in thi ESS lool~

into elCColmt cr-rtain ~(c111 -ttriLutes namely (1) A cltJpalJility for 1pplicc1 lttnalysis in ccn1fraphv ecunodcs stotlftics operatic1s rcsC[lfch Clnd conpu(ct science (2) 1~rmiddotlrilmiddotnCc in COl1CcfJtl lalLing nu npgtlying qumLitltivc TJl(middottl~o(()t()[ic~

for LlI1l)i OJ the (hvcc3e cI(II[)zrlphjc~ocial and Ccol1cuic L1CLlt~ of tlle c1CVlJl[middotcnt procCs lllc]uciin pOILLio1 pJ()--il di~t1iblllion md mllticl1 cdllctiol111 ck--lolshyrle-nt 2nd LI1)o[ pound01((0 ]n--l ci[1[-io1 requiremlnts md plovi_iolllt (Jj 11c11 til dld oticr lelfareorini cd ~cJvic(~ slich ~1~ fmlily plI1I1l11~ 2tc l1conc di~middottribulio11 d

(--I ( on (lP ( ~Ir ()lllh ~

~J~(~ (lL A IHOifCS~ J(jJJ)[ is to be SUbE1Htccl (10 copico) to TIIM-lESP DfLcr [mn- lloll[ln JIlr

Ll fin(~l ~CpUJ t (Ie) COFi() on cOiimiddotJlction of Jervicf~s These rfport- ~re to jncllJclcmiddot it lonnuliti r li clt the ~plcUic 1i12dcJ prep~lrCd during tlli utudy torcdhcr ith pl1I1~

f OJ t h c jl q i II J C1 L j on

J SlInervj ~middott (111 ~n( ~1middotiJmiddotj ~()J1 -------- -- - ----- --_--_- _-----Hr 1(middotJIi1n jlcicicr e1i- TAAGrESl ViII provicle guid11lce cmd rllplrvi~ion Tlte PIS t(cllnicLl1 Jill middot(llk (~ircctly middotlith the JAlGRESP officers in ~ericlJturc and reltcd ilqlCU of nIlnl clevcdopment

J_-Ep~~Ll J~~)--I~LqJl (1) SecllriLy Cl (llICC~ tilrOLgh S(~cret is required (2) 10 illtCr1ticnltl1 t(l oririuilting in the US is to be unclertt1ltCll unless prier ap[roll cf cmiddot1rmiddot hlS been olgttailwd (3) The P SA tcchnicLlj1 i~ll have the Slll1e privileges Jf direct-hire empluycc~ hen on TDY OvCl~LC1S

(4) reirlhllJ-C1Cnt fCl ui 1 (agc CXpCll~C~ by private auto fortrlt1vel bctHccn Cellsu Hnrlmmiddot llei~middotlll dd o-d id Stltc if t13ntcd Then the lcgulnr Ccn~)Ui-COiTrncrccmiddot

shuttle bu~ i~ lOt lvi~i] hIe Reimbursemcnt for tnxi fare from the Deplrtr~cnt of Commerce to KCI State is ClutiJoricd

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c tf

I1SmiddotImiddot f~ITIO N)

_~_ lliLl QIltlt2~3L-__ Z AllOTf(_~ 0

9 Q2 - 31 Q22-ltgt~~----1 J PIOIT NO OOLIGATION NO

RESOUHCES SUPORT SERVCES AGREEMENT uETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNIIIONAl DEVElOPMENT AND

DEPAKTMENT OF COHHERCE COHCEN 3-75

6 fiSCAL YEAR

931-11-199-063-72-3168615 ~ureau of Ce1SUS 1976 7 CURRENT flC L YEAR LOVS AMOUOT I CH~CE I AMOU r 10 PAt rUNoIN~$77OOO $77000

____________ ~~L---__ --__ ----------__ --__ L---__ ~~--bullbull AUTHOfliTV

Feb 20 1967 (j~NfUAL CJlLF rNT ~~TwCrN bullbull 1 C AND THE ACfNCY NA~fO COIiE [JATED

II PURPo--f_--r- provide- analytical advisory services to TAAGESP f)pvelopl11middotnt pl1lllling progranuning and evaluation

in rural

111 SERIICES TO Ol P[RFOrMlJ

This ISA amendment provides funding for continued scrvices by a Bureau of Census Ecollomisl to assist AlDs Jorking Group on the Rural Poor in the development of a rural dcv~lopmenl project plan methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going and polenli31 projccts as Iell as rural development goals begun in FY 1975

B SCOPE OF WORK

1 for tlte soc 111 will b( July 1

The tcollllmist iJl delineate and refine an informational analytic system rural developlIlent planning which 1-li1l consist of three components -(conorlic and political including technological variables Initial (mphasis p]JCu on economic components This task is to be undertaken betmiddot7eei1

Clnd Svptcinber 30

2 1n conjul1cUoll Id_th TAAGR discuss with ~lissionnegionltll Bureau rcpescntltives potential coopctati(JlI by lwsl co~ntJ_ ics and missions to serve as case studies for [l1tl1(1 c1cv-loplilcnl ltInd testi[t~ ([ the cmalytic system Up to five projects in t1nee c)lIntrics ill be started During lhc~e discussions an attempt vill he I~acle to both idIlLify mission and coulltry needs and secure case material for the P)~ojct

3 InHiotc fielc1 lOrlc on project case studies in selected 1DCs The rctults of these studies i11 be intc[rated oIill1in the modcl to provide a generalized infotration

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------------~~--r---- --- C A r bull 0 EI U [) C f- j t ~t i r N U 1 n I ~

O~FCL I-IHtUtmiddotro-I----eMPAS (I( ~- -L

UNLt5S OlHEPwrSL INDtCT() IN THF R~5A THIS ItGrl LM tNT WILL CO TINUE IN tORCE AND SLhVICES ill L C()Nl-INtJL TO (1[

D ~~~dZ~~~i~7 ~~~HO ~~~~lt~~ Vincent P Barabba

TITL E

orlc

crNev

OATI

Dir~ctor ~-----------------

Hurcau of the Gl~I1SUS ----DEL l ~ 1915 =~----__--------__ --------shy _-------

rXl AJrnlll A nlDC(T Aen CLI~T

I ~ APfrNIlI)( n RSSA CONNUATClN S[I~T

140 f

Edwa rd Rmson T TL E Olief bllicillCin~ IIeK) ~l(f

OFrtCE exice of COlltClct Mlnlfcl1Il1lC

Agency Ill InttCnllionJI nvdOpoundllloCOI

PATt __ --I-~ u j~ Yt ~

APPENDIX B

RUA COHTI~UION ~HEET

RESOURCES SUPPORT SERVCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTHENT OF CO~I1ERrn

Bureau of Census

-1 O~IGI [xi AhlE D 2 l_ A~ ~O

RSSII NO

COMCEN 3-75 FI seAL Y[A~

1976

and analytic frammvork for furtlcr utilization in planning and evaluating rural devclopmclt projects A manual and technical reports providing guidelJnes on the implementation of an information analytic system will be provided to AID and LDC project and program planners

C REPORTS

Ten copicti will be submitted as follows

1 Progress report to TAAGR by September 30 1975 on the analytic system including the model delineating linkClg~s amOiH~ rural development project outpuc components and project inputs and plans for case studies

2 Progn~ss reports to Nissions host goverrunents and TAAGR on case studies by DeccllllJ(l 31 1975

3 Technical reports on case study results to Hissions host governments and TAAGR by Junr 30 1976

4 An (lut] inc for ltI manual providin~ guidelines on the implementation of an information malylic systcm ta TAhCR by Barch 31 1976 with drafts to be submitted by JUl1e 30 197(

AvaiLlblc UIl(1lgh thr dlnft paper (Planning and Information The Need and the Potcntill Llll I(Ul~ll lkvclopncnt prcjJ~rcd under this RSSfI by Dr H Albert Grpen

AID Liaison Officer ])r Lehman B Fletcher Chief fAflGIESP The Census technjcjan wiJl receive plagram directives from Dr bull Fletchcr~il and ~ork directly -lith other officers in dtriculture and related fields in TfIflGRESP

Cooperating Country Liaison officials Hill be determined as required

No international travel originating in the US will be undertaken unhmiddotss prior appluvul Jas been obtained from CImiddotlPAS

G SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Rcimblr~(mCnt for mileage expenses by private auto for travel betoleen CensJs HarlOv Heights Hn and New State is granted hen the regular Census-Commerce shuttl~ bur ii not av~dl1blc Reimbursement fot taxi fare from the Department of Conunelce to New State is authorized

Partin fnnriing Addition31 $1)000 will be funded by future RSSA Amendment bull j(jj Due to delayed initiation of project scope of work re)orts reporting dates

and ltUlding will be revised by future RSSA amendment

RSOURCES ~UPORT SERVCES AGREEMfNT BETWEEN -- OmiddotUGI bull X] jIpound~D 2 -JHAL I 0_

APPENDIX A ~S5 NO

rm-lCE~ 3-75 THe AGENCY Fe l NT~~ TIO~AL DEvELOPMENT ANO

1 BUOE7 3Y OECT CLASS THE AMOUNT eVOCETEO FOR ANY OBJECT CLASS S ALL

j

~ 2 S-FFING 03JEC CLASSES 11 AND 1)middot DETAILS

NOT IlE EXCEEDED ev MORE THAN ~ PERCENT UNLESS i GRADE HERE HAS BoEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY 010

TITLENME MANmiddot SALARY 8EE5 TOTAL (GS) MONTHS

-~ I

37050 1 Ill OESCR PT ION A~OJ NT I Cmiddot EconoIilist 157 12

J

II ~EI=t51-iAL COMPENSAilON Se-rctary 62 12 5077

42127

12 BEI1EIIT5 tAT 10~~ PERENTj 4213 ~ I I TRAVE ~o RAOPORTATIO 4700 ~

21 -

CF ~ER~~5 TEXlLtIN 8ELOWJ 3 ~ ~~~

rl l~ v bull JJvV 4

23 FtE cO ~middotJHC( IO s

1191) 6567 AO uTILTES ~pace

24 ~~NT~ ANO REPRODUCTIO~

I EXPLAI OE1CW

~ ~Ep SERVICE

()~middotift yen61~ amp tapes 10000 wo middot - C ue

2e Actual sue~1ies 120 ~ 5PPLIES AND TEP11LS

845

31 Overhead see beTo(J EOUIP ENT tE Pl-A~ BELO J 13128 4

TOTL 90OCO I 3 EXPLANATl0N F nmiddot - - o OUJE_T -LASS_ AND SP_ClL P=10VlSlONS

II Includes 5 pay inrrease 21 2 rd trips to Costa Rica and 2 rd trips to Jordan and mileagetaxi expense for travel between Commerce

and New State as per para G 3 1 Includes approx 2 TDYs of 29 days at Costa Rica $30 per day 2 TDYs of 29 days to Jordan $37 per day

in-transit and niscellaneous exp~~ses il Space charge 119 Division Genl 209 Bureau Genl 85 Corh~ercemiddotOver~ead 5- not applied

a 6ainst computer tL~e and tapes $120 actual supplies 20~ fJr supplies and materials applied against salary only

iALlciiv-T--O- ------ s k~~ ~) (3 3 - bull J ~)Mrli~ ~ L 1 THE AGENCY Fon INTfIiNATIONAL DEVEU1PMENT I tu2-31-099-00-O-(1 Q~-l-Zl a~-iOiT NO OIlUGTION NO J)~rartmCnr- of CO11crcc I fl~~~l H

SJ1-ll-19lt)-U(3-72-3~_I_middot10__il_SJ ________ -hurlmiddotlu of CO~1Cne __ J9J~ _1--__

l p C U FfI L - s C bull L Y l L bull 0 I ~ l u r II c H ( t 0 l 1 I ( CJ middot E

~NOING ________ ~ _____ ~$~7~7LO~0~0~~----~I------~+--S~]~3LO~OO _ $2~Q~ ______ __ 0 AuTHOFlITY l

O (~ampl AcArru[Jrr4T Twr~4 10 AND lHF AC- Y JAuEgt ove OFD February 70 ] 7 ~ _____ _ bullbull PIJRPO~E 10 provide analyical advisory services to TIGRESP in rural dcveloprJ(nt

an~~~~iQ~un~ ________________________________________ _

This RSSA durin~ FY

amendlcnt 19Ui

provides additional $13000 to fully fund services rlqllin d

descrihed in the previous amendment will be rc-schedllled as to conte - ilnd tirling by TrGRESP since Held data collection was delayed

Ulual report is still rcqufrcd I

other provisions remain the same

OFIICE

r I API NOIIC fI RSSA CCItTNVTI)1l ~poundtl

Alit ltV- f

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

(ll o~~~ le h( lrblc r)[L~(l tltc t~chnJdIl Js ~l () [30SS tvdlrJ10 Lrr-~L (~l-I1(lgt l~ jL- 1 cmiddot-middot middot~ middot)tlmiddotJ 1~~Imiddotlgt (0) lgt~t t) middotcmiddot (Irgt lOJ- middott J I~ bull ~) ~~ l bull amp_ bull _ bullbull _ _ ~ 1- L J- 1 t Iy- )J_ - ~

qj(] P~02)~-~~ 1(11 [~~l)~middoti~~1jC ~~E thc~)~ r~i~ll2iOLmiddotl~~J JV Pljt cf cLir l I~ ll~ ill iklt i li( out l1q~ (t th~i) projClUl 11( ccnccptll111y relntc thC1 to the fOJ(~roing IJrJl~)~1 (c) L~tii1i(1 br ri~middotr~tcrj Ll~tq~-lt11 (0 tllO conccptuol r-JLelJ ltlld rkvclop

(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

UNLCJ~ (Tfl rmiddotIr I-UICT[l) IN THe RSSf THIS AGr~lLMpoundJ1 WILL CotlTlflUF IN FOI~CE AJO SLr11ICfS WIlLCOt~nfjlJF TO [J[

REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

----------_ - ------__--------13 SIGNATl1i5

If~f d7crd rL1J50n NAMt

------ -- _

_ ___ -z_-f( L- __ _

TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

c tf

I1SmiddotImiddot f~ITIO N)

_~_ lliLl QIltlt2~3L-__ Z AllOTf(_~ 0

9 Q2 - 31 Q22-ltgt~~----1 J PIOIT NO OOLIGATION NO

RESOUHCES SUPORT SERVCES AGREEMENT uETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNIIIONAl DEVElOPMENT AND

DEPAKTMENT OF COHHERCE COHCEN 3-75

6 fiSCAL YEAR

931-11-199-063-72-3168615 ~ureau of Ce1SUS 1976 7 CURRENT flC L YEAR LOVS AMOUOT I CH~CE I AMOU r 10 PAt rUNoIN~$77OOO $77000

____________ ~~L---__ --__ ----------__ --__ L---__ ~~--bullbull AUTHOfliTV

Feb 20 1967 (j~NfUAL CJlLF rNT ~~TwCrN bullbull 1 C AND THE ACfNCY NA~fO COIiE [JATED

II PURPo--f_--r- provide- analytical advisory services to TAAGESP f)pvelopl11middotnt pl1lllling progranuning and evaluation

in rural

111 SERIICES TO Ol P[RFOrMlJ

This ISA amendment provides funding for continued scrvices by a Bureau of Census Ecollomisl to assist AlDs Jorking Group on the Rural Poor in the development of a rural dcv~lopmenl project plan methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going and polenli31 projccts as Iell as rural development goals begun in FY 1975

B SCOPE OF WORK

1 for tlte soc 111 will b( July 1

The tcollllmist iJl delineate and refine an informational analytic system rural developlIlent planning which 1-li1l consist of three components -(conorlic and political including technological variables Initial (mphasis p]JCu on economic components This task is to be undertaken betmiddot7eei1

Clnd Svptcinber 30

2 1n conjul1cUoll Id_th TAAGR discuss with ~lissionnegionltll Bureau rcpescntltives potential coopctati(JlI by lwsl co~ntJ_ ics and missions to serve as case studies for [l1tl1(1 c1cv-loplilcnl ltInd testi[t~ ([ the cmalytic system Up to five projects in t1nee c)lIntrics ill be started During lhc~e discussions an attempt vill he I~acle to both idIlLify mission and coulltry needs and secure case material for the P)~ojct

3 InHiotc fielc1 lOrlc on project case studies in selected 1DCs The rctults of these studies i11 be intc[rated oIill1in the modcl to provide a generalized infotration

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O~FCL I-IHtUtmiddotro-I----eMPAS (I( ~- -L

UNLt5S OlHEPwrSL INDtCT() IN THF R~5A THIS ItGrl LM tNT WILL CO TINUE IN tORCE AND SLhVICES ill L C()Nl-INtJL TO (1[

D ~~~dZ~~~i~7 ~~~HO ~~~~lt~~ Vincent P Barabba

TITL E

orlc

crNev

OATI

Dir~ctor ~-----------------

Hurcau of the Gl~I1SUS ----DEL l ~ 1915 =~----__--------__ --------shy _-------

rXl AJrnlll A nlDC(T Aen CLI~T

I ~ APfrNIlI)( n RSSA CONNUATClN S[I~T

140 f

Edwa rd Rmson T TL E Olief bllicillCin~ IIeK) ~l(f

OFrtCE exice of COlltClct Mlnlfcl1Il1lC

Agency Ill InttCnllionJI nvdOpoundllloCOI

PATt __ --I-~ u j~ Yt ~

APPENDIX B

RUA COHTI~UION ~HEET

RESOURCES SUPPORT SERVCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTHENT OF CO~I1ERrn

Bureau of Census

-1 O~IGI [xi AhlE D 2 l_ A~ ~O

RSSII NO

COMCEN 3-75 FI seAL Y[A~

1976

and analytic frammvork for furtlcr utilization in planning and evaluating rural devclopmclt projects A manual and technical reports providing guidelJnes on the implementation of an information analytic system will be provided to AID and LDC project and program planners

C REPORTS

Ten copicti will be submitted as follows

1 Progress report to TAAGR by September 30 1975 on the analytic system including the model delineating linkClg~s amOiH~ rural development project outpuc components and project inputs and plans for case studies

2 Progn~ss reports to Nissions host goverrunents and TAAGR on case studies by DeccllllJ(l 31 1975

3 Technical reports on case study results to Hissions host governments and TAAGR by Junr 30 1976

4 An (lut] inc for ltI manual providin~ guidelines on the implementation of an information malylic systcm ta TAhCR by Barch 31 1976 with drafts to be submitted by JUl1e 30 197(

AvaiLlblc UIl(1lgh thr dlnft paper (Planning and Information The Need and the Potcntill Llll I(Ul~ll lkvclopncnt prcjJ~rcd under this RSSfI by Dr H Albert Grpen

AID Liaison Officer ])r Lehman B Fletcher Chief fAflGIESP The Census technjcjan wiJl receive plagram directives from Dr bull Fletchcr~il and ~ork directly -lith other officers in dtriculture and related fields in TfIflGRESP

Cooperating Country Liaison officials Hill be determined as required

No international travel originating in the US will be undertaken unhmiddotss prior appluvul Jas been obtained from CImiddotlPAS

G SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Rcimblr~(mCnt for mileage expenses by private auto for travel betoleen CensJs HarlOv Heights Hn and New State is granted hen the regular Census-Commerce shuttl~ bur ii not av~dl1blc Reimbursement fot taxi fare from the Department of Conunelce to New State is authorized

Partin fnnriing Addition31 $1)000 will be funded by future RSSA Amendment bull j(jj Due to delayed initiation of project scope of work re)orts reporting dates

and ltUlding will be revised by future RSSA amendment

RSOURCES ~UPORT SERVCES AGREEMfNT BETWEEN -- OmiddotUGI bull X] jIpound~D 2 -JHAL I 0_

APPENDIX A ~S5 NO

rm-lCE~ 3-75 THe AGENCY Fe l NT~~ TIO~AL DEvELOPMENT ANO

1 BUOE7 3Y OECT CLASS THE AMOUNT eVOCETEO FOR ANY OBJECT CLASS S ALL

j

~ 2 S-FFING 03JEC CLASSES 11 AND 1)middot DETAILS

NOT IlE EXCEEDED ev MORE THAN ~ PERCENT UNLESS i GRADE HERE HAS BoEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY 010

TITLENME MANmiddot SALARY 8EE5 TOTAL (GS) MONTHS

-~ I

37050 1 Ill OESCR PT ION A~OJ NT I Cmiddot EconoIilist 157 12

J

II ~EI=t51-iAL COMPENSAilON Se-rctary 62 12 5077

42127

12 BEI1EIIT5 tAT 10~~ PERENTj 4213 ~ I I TRAVE ~o RAOPORTATIO 4700 ~

21 -

CF ~ER~~5 TEXlLtIN 8ELOWJ 3 ~ ~~~

rl l~ v bull JJvV 4

23 FtE cO ~middotJHC( IO s

1191) 6567 AO uTILTES ~pace

24 ~~NT~ ANO REPRODUCTIO~

I EXPLAI OE1CW

~ ~Ep SERVICE

()~middotift yen61~ amp tapes 10000 wo middot - C ue

2e Actual sue~1ies 120 ~ 5PPLIES AND TEP11LS

845

31 Overhead see beTo(J EOUIP ENT tE Pl-A~ BELO J 13128 4

TOTL 90OCO I 3 EXPLANATl0N F nmiddot - - o OUJE_T -LASS_ AND SP_ClL P=10VlSlONS

II Includes 5 pay inrrease 21 2 rd trips to Costa Rica and 2 rd trips to Jordan and mileagetaxi expense for travel between Commerce

and New State as per para G 3 1 Includes approx 2 TDYs of 29 days at Costa Rica $30 per day 2 TDYs of 29 days to Jordan $37 per day

in-transit and niscellaneous exp~~ses il Space charge 119 Division Genl 209 Bureau Genl 85 Corh~ercemiddotOver~ead 5- not applied

a 6ainst computer tL~e and tapes $120 actual supplies 20~ fJr supplies and materials applied against salary only

iALlciiv-T--O- ------ s k~~ ~) (3 3 - bull J ~)Mrli~ ~ L 1 THE AGENCY Fon INTfIiNATIONAL DEVEU1PMENT I tu2-31-099-00-O-(1 Q~-l-Zl a~-iOiT NO OIlUGTION NO J)~rartmCnr- of CO11crcc I fl~~~l H

SJ1-ll-19lt)-U(3-72-3~_I_middot10__il_SJ ________ -hurlmiddotlu of CO~1Cne __ J9J~ _1--__

l p C U FfI L - s C bull L Y l L bull 0 I ~ l u r II c H ( t 0 l 1 I ( CJ middot E

~NOING ________ ~ _____ ~$~7~7LO~0~0~~----~I------~+--S~]~3LO~OO _ $2~Q~ ______ __ 0 AuTHOFlITY l

O (~ampl AcArru[Jrr4T Twr~4 10 AND lHF AC- Y JAuEgt ove OFD February 70 ] 7 ~ _____ _ bullbull PIJRPO~E 10 provide analyical advisory services to TIGRESP in rural dcveloprJ(nt

an~~~~iQ~un~ ________________________________________ _

This RSSA durin~ FY

amendlcnt 19Ui

provides additional $13000 to fully fund services rlqllin d

descrihed in the previous amendment will be rc-schedllled as to conte - ilnd tirling by TrGRESP since Held data collection was delayed

Ulual report is still rcqufrcd I

other provisions remain the same

OFIICE

r I API NOIIC fI RSSA CCItTNVTI)1l ~poundtl

Alit ltV- f

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

(ll o~~~ le h( lrblc r)[L~(l tltc t~chnJdIl Js ~l () [30SS tvdlrJ10 Lrr-~L (~l-I1(lgt l~ jL- 1 cmiddot-middot middot~ middot)tlmiddotJ 1~~Imiddotlgt (0) lgt~t t) middotcmiddot (Irgt lOJ- middott J I~ bull ~) ~~ l bull amp_ bull _ bullbull _ _ ~ 1- L J- 1 t Iy- )J_ - ~

qj(] P~02)~-~~ 1(11 [~~l)~middoti~~1jC ~~E thc~)~ r~i~ll2iOLmiddotl~~J JV Pljt cf cLir l I~ ll~ ill iklt i li( out l1q~ (t th~i) projClUl 11( ccnccptll111y relntc thC1 to the fOJ(~roing IJrJl~)~1 (c) L~tii1i(1 br ri~middotr~tcrj Ll~tq~-lt11 (0 tllO conccptuol r-JLelJ ltlld rkvclop

(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

UNLCJ~ (Tfl rmiddotIr I-UICT[l) IN THe RSSf THIS AGr~lLMpoundJ1 WILL CotlTlflUF IN FOI~CE AJO SLr11ICfS WIlLCOt~nfjlJF TO [J[

REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

----------_ - ------__--------13 SIGNATl1i5

If~f d7crd rL1J50n NAMt

------ -- _

_ ___ -z_-f( L- __ _

TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

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lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

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FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

APPENDIX B

RUA COHTI~UION ~HEET

RESOURCES SUPPORT SERVCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTHENT OF CO~I1ERrn

Bureau of Census

-1 O~IGI [xi AhlE D 2 l_ A~ ~O

RSSII NO

COMCEN 3-75 FI seAL Y[A~

1976

and analytic frammvork for furtlcr utilization in planning and evaluating rural devclopmclt projects A manual and technical reports providing guidelJnes on the implementation of an information analytic system will be provided to AID and LDC project and program planners

C REPORTS

Ten copicti will be submitted as follows

1 Progress report to TAAGR by September 30 1975 on the analytic system including the model delineating linkClg~s amOiH~ rural development project outpuc components and project inputs and plans for case studies

2 Progn~ss reports to Nissions host goverrunents and TAAGR on case studies by DeccllllJ(l 31 1975

3 Technical reports on case study results to Hissions host governments and TAAGR by Junr 30 1976

4 An (lut] inc for ltI manual providin~ guidelines on the implementation of an information malylic systcm ta TAhCR by Barch 31 1976 with drafts to be submitted by JUl1e 30 197(

AvaiLlblc UIl(1lgh thr dlnft paper (Planning and Information The Need and the Potcntill Llll I(Ul~ll lkvclopncnt prcjJ~rcd under this RSSfI by Dr H Albert Grpen

AID Liaison Officer ])r Lehman B Fletcher Chief fAflGIESP The Census technjcjan wiJl receive plagram directives from Dr bull Fletchcr~il and ~ork directly -lith other officers in dtriculture and related fields in TfIflGRESP

Cooperating Country Liaison officials Hill be determined as required

No international travel originating in the US will be undertaken unhmiddotss prior appluvul Jas been obtained from CImiddotlPAS

G SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Rcimblr~(mCnt for mileage expenses by private auto for travel betoleen CensJs HarlOv Heights Hn and New State is granted hen the regular Census-Commerce shuttl~ bur ii not av~dl1blc Reimbursement fot taxi fare from the Department of Conunelce to New State is authorized

Partin fnnriing Addition31 $1)000 will be funded by future RSSA Amendment bull j(jj Due to delayed initiation of project scope of work re)orts reporting dates

and ltUlding will be revised by future RSSA amendment

RSOURCES ~UPORT SERVCES AGREEMfNT BETWEEN -- OmiddotUGI bull X] jIpound~D 2 -JHAL I 0_

APPENDIX A ~S5 NO

rm-lCE~ 3-75 THe AGENCY Fe l NT~~ TIO~AL DEvELOPMENT ANO

1 BUOE7 3Y OECT CLASS THE AMOUNT eVOCETEO FOR ANY OBJECT CLASS S ALL

j

~ 2 S-FFING 03JEC CLASSES 11 AND 1)middot DETAILS

NOT IlE EXCEEDED ev MORE THAN ~ PERCENT UNLESS i GRADE HERE HAS BoEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY 010

TITLENME MANmiddot SALARY 8EE5 TOTAL (GS) MONTHS

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37050 1 Ill OESCR PT ION A~OJ NT I Cmiddot EconoIilist 157 12

J

II ~EI=t51-iAL COMPENSAilON Se-rctary 62 12 5077

42127

12 BEI1EIIT5 tAT 10~~ PERENTj 4213 ~ I I TRAVE ~o RAOPORTATIO 4700 ~

21 -

CF ~ER~~5 TEXlLtIN 8ELOWJ 3 ~ ~~~

rl l~ v bull JJvV 4

23 FtE cO ~middotJHC( IO s

1191) 6567 AO uTILTES ~pace

24 ~~NT~ ANO REPRODUCTIO~

I EXPLAI OE1CW

~ ~Ep SERVICE

()~middotift yen61~ amp tapes 10000 wo middot - C ue

2e Actual sue~1ies 120 ~ 5PPLIES AND TEP11LS

845

31 Overhead see beTo(J EOUIP ENT tE Pl-A~ BELO J 13128 4

TOTL 90OCO I 3 EXPLANATl0N F nmiddot - - o OUJE_T -LASS_ AND SP_ClL P=10VlSlONS

II Includes 5 pay inrrease 21 2 rd trips to Costa Rica and 2 rd trips to Jordan and mileagetaxi expense for travel between Commerce

and New State as per para G 3 1 Includes approx 2 TDYs of 29 days at Costa Rica $30 per day 2 TDYs of 29 days to Jordan $37 per day

in-transit and niscellaneous exp~~ses il Space charge 119 Division Genl 209 Bureau Genl 85 Corh~ercemiddotOver~ead 5- not applied

a 6ainst computer tL~e and tapes $120 actual supplies 20~ fJr supplies and materials applied against salary only

iALlciiv-T--O- ------ s k~~ ~) (3 3 - bull J ~)Mrli~ ~ L 1 THE AGENCY Fon INTfIiNATIONAL DEVEU1PMENT I tu2-31-099-00-O-(1 Q~-l-Zl a~-iOiT NO OIlUGTION NO J)~rartmCnr- of CO11crcc I fl~~~l H

SJ1-ll-19lt)-U(3-72-3~_I_middot10__il_SJ ________ -hurlmiddotlu of CO~1Cne __ J9J~ _1--__

l p C U FfI L - s C bull L Y l L bull 0 I ~ l u r II c H ( t 0 l 1 I ( CJ middot E

~NOING ________ ~ _____ ~$~7~7LO~0~0~~----~I------~+--S~]~3LO~OO _ $2~Q~ ______ __ 0 AuTHOFlITY l

O (~ampl AcArru[Jrr4T Twr~4 10 AND lHF AC- Y JAuEgt ove OFD February 70 ] 7 ~ _____ _ bullbull PIJRPO~E 10 provide analyical advisory services to TIGRESP in rural dcveloprJ(nt

an~~~~iQ~un~ ________________________________________ _

This RSSA durin~ FY

amendlcnt 19Ui

provides additional $13000 to fully fund services rlqllin d

descrihed in the previous amendment will be rc-schedllled as to conte - ilnd tirling by TrGRESP since Held data collection was delayed

Ulual report is still rcqufrcd I

other provisions remain the same

OFIICE

r I API NOIIC fI RSSA CCItTNVTI)1l ~poundtl

Alit ltV- f

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

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(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

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REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

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TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

-2-

progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

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William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

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DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

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December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

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FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

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Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

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OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

RSOURCES ~UPORT SERVCES AGREEMfNT BETWEEN -- OmiddotUGI bull X] jIpound~D 2 -JHAL I 0_

APPENDIX A ~S5 NO

rm-lCE~ 3-75 THe AGENCY Fe l NT~~ TIO~AL DEvELOPMENT ANO

1 BUOE7 3Y OECT CLASS THE AMOUNT eVOCETEO FOR ANY OBJECT CLASS S ALL

j

~ 2 S-FFING 03JEC CLASSES 11 AND 1)middot DETAILS

NOT IlE EXCEEDED ev MORE THAN ~ PERCENT UNLESS i GRADE HERE HAS BoEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY 010

TITLENME MANmiddot SALARY 8EE5 TOTAL (GS) MONTHS

-~ I

37050 1 Ill OESCR PT ION A~OJ NT I Cmiddot EconoIilist 157 12

J

II ~EI=t51-iAL COMPENSAilON Se-rctary 62 12 5077

42127

12 BEI1EIIT5 tAT 10~~ PERENTj 4213 ~ I I TRAVE ~o RAOPORTATIO 4700 ~

21 -

CF ~ER~~5 TEXlLtIN 8ELOWJ 3 ~ ~~~

rl l~ v bull JJvV 4

23 FtE cO ~middotJHC( IO s

1191) 6567 AO uTILTES ~pace

24 ~~NT~ ANO REPRODUCTIO~

I EXPLAI OE1CW

~ ~Ep SERVICE

()~middotift yen61~ amp tapes 10000 wo middot - C ue

2e Actual sue~1ies 120 ~ 5PPLIES AND TEP11LS

845

31 Overhead see beTo(J EOUIP ENT tE Pl-A~ BELO J 13128 4

TOTL 90OCO I 3 EXPLANATl0N F nmiddot - - o OUJE_T -LASS_ AND SP_ClL P=10VlSlONS

II Includes 5 pay inrrease 21 2 rd trips to Costa Rica and 2 rd trips to Jordan and mileagetaxi expense for travel between Commerce

and New State as per para G 3 1 Includes approx 2 TDYs of 29 days at Costa Rica $30 per day 2 TDYs of 29 days to Jordan $37 per day

in-transit and niscellaneous exp~~ses il Space charge 119 Division Genl 209 Bureau Genl 85 Corh~ercemiddotOver~ead 5- not applied

a 6ainst computer tL~e and tapes $120 actual supplies 20~ fJr supplies and materials applied against salary only

iALlciiv-T--O- ------ s k~~ ~) (3 3 - bull J ~)Mrli~ ~ L 1 THE AGENCY Fon INTfIiNATIONAL DEVEU1PMENT I tu2-31-099-00-O-(1 Q~-l-Zl a~-iOiT NO OIlUGTION NO J)~rartmCnr- of CO11crcc I fl~~~l H

SJ1-ll-19lt)-U(3-72-3~_I_middot10__il_SJ ________ -hurlmiddotlu of CO~1Cne __ J9J~ _1--__

l p C U FfI L - s C bull L Y l L bull 0 I ~ l u r II c H ( t 0 l 1 I ( CJ middot E

~NOING ________ ~ _____ ~$~7~7LO~0~0~~----~I------~+--S~]~3LO~OO _ $2~Q~ ______ __ 0 AuTHOFlITY l

O (~ampl AcArru[Jrr4T Twr~4 10 AND lHF AC- Y JAuEgt ove OFD February 70 ] 7 ~ _____ _ bullbull PIJRPO~E 10 provide analyical advisory services to TIGRESP in rural dcveloprJ(nt

an~~~~iQ~un~ ________________________________________ _

This RSSA durin~ FY

amendlcnt 19Ui

provides additional $13000 to fully fund services rlqllin d

descrihed in the previous amendment will be rc-schedllled as to conte - ilnd tirling by TrGRESP since Held data collection was delayed

Ulual report is still rcqufrcd I

other provisions remain the same

OFIICE

r I API NOIIC fI RSSA CCItTNVTI)1l ~poundtl

Alit ltV- f

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

(ll o~~~ le h( lrblc r)[L~(l tltc t~chnJdIl Js ~l () [30SS tvdlrJ10 Lrr-~L (~l-I1(lgt l~ jL- 1 cmiddot-middot middot~ middot)tlmiddotJ 1~~Imiddotlgt (0) lgt~t t) middotcmiddot (Irgt lOJ- middott J I~ bull ~) ~~ l bull amp_ bull _ bullbull _ _ ~ 1- L J- 1 t Iy- )J_ - ~

qj(] P~02)~-~~ 1(11 [~~l)~middoti~~1jC ~~E thc~)~ r~i~ll2iOLmiddotl~~J JV Pljt cf cLir l I~ ll~ ill iklt i li( out l1q~ (t th~i) projClUl 11( ccnccptll111y relntc thC1 to the fOJ(~roing IJrJl~)~1 (c) L~tii1i(1 br ri~middotr~tcrj Ll~tq~-lt11 (0 tllO conccptuol r-JLelJ ltlld rkvclop

(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

UNLCJ~ (Tfl rmiddotIr I-UICT[l) IN THe RSSf THIS AGr~lLMpoundJ1 WILL CotlTlflUF IN FOI~CE AJO SLr11ICfS WIlLCOt~nfjlJF TO [J[

REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

----------_ - ------__--------13 SIGNATl1i5

If~f d7crd rL1J50n NAMt

------ -- _

_ ___ -z_-f( L- __ _

TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

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In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

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11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

irCmiddot_e -1 ll J~tn1--dnn C(Ilti~ ll lct)j~i j~~ltltC~ E~nllh0k i~l

lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

10- J1 -1 ~ ymiddotr ~middotjmiddott lr~~~ i(k (~g f~i~middot~middotctiJn (If iJl~~ li rincltt the ljUi h1 in 11i]

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lc~~( ~ 1(Jt i rmiddot0~tl PcojG 9ll-V~-nct~ 5 ctlpbn 7 c p 7-) X(tdGi8

~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

~()ir- ~lt j )i) Ul ~))C) Ch-~H~Cl 6 ~rtliCpoundiW~ shctl1 )e xol1Ct-i1 ~~It lU~ l 1 i~-t tmiddot)i~~l cn tilO ~~n~lJ~~f-) 13

f($L-cy) T1VpPUOloHettcHpob12G75

MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

iALlciiv-T--O- ------ s k~~ ~) (3 3 - bull J ~)Mrli~ ~ L 1 THE AGENCY Fon INTfIiNATIONAL DEVEU1PMENT I tu2-31-099-00-O-(1 Q~-l-Zl a~-iOiT NO OIlUGTION NO J)~rartmCnr- of CO11crcc I fl~~~l H

SJ1-ll-19lt)-U(3-72-3~_I_middot10__il_SJ ________ -hurlmiddotlu of CO~1Cne __ J9J~ _1--__

l p C U FfI L - s C bull L Y l L bull 0 I ~ l u r II c H ( t 0 l 1 I ( CJ middot E

~NOING ________ ~ _____ ~$~7~7LO~0~0~~----~I------~+--S~]~3LO~OO _ $2~Q~ ______ __ 0 AuTHOFlITY l

O (~ampl AcArru[Jrr4T Twr~4 10 AND lHF AC- Y JAuEgt ove OFD February 70 ] 7 ~ _____ _ bullbull PIJRPO~E 10 provide analyical advisory services to TIGRESP in rural dcveloprJ(nt

an~~~~iQ~un~ ________________________________________ _

This RSSA durin~ FY

amendlcnt 19Ui

provides additional $13000 to fully fund services rlqllin d

descrihed in the previous amendment will be rc-schedllled as to conte - ilnd tirling by TrGRESP since Held data collection was delayed

Ulual report is still rcqufrcd I

other provisions remain the same

OFIICE

r I API NOIIC fI RSSA CCItTNVTI)1l ~poundtl

Alit ltV- f

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

(ll o~~~ le h( lrblc r)[L~(l tltc t~chnJdIl Js ~l () [30SS tvdlrJ10 Lrr-~L (~l-I1(lgt l~ jL- 1 cmiddot-middot middot~ middot)tlmiddotJ 1~~Imiddotlgt (0) lgt~t t) middotcmiddot (Irgt lOJ- middott J I~ bull ~) ~~ l bull amp_ bull _ bullbull _ _ ~ 1- L J- 1 t Iy- )J_ - ~

qj(] P~02)~-~~ 1(11 [~~l)~middoti~~1jC ~~E thc~)~ r~i~ll2iOLmiddotl~~J JV Pljt cf cLir l I~ ll~ ill iklt i li( out l1q~ (t th~i) projClUl 11( ccnccptll111y relntc thC1 to the fOJ(~roing IJrJl~)~1 (c) L~tii1i(1 br ri~middotr~tcrj Ll~tq~-lt11 (0 tllO conccptuol r-JLelJ ltlld rkvclop

(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

UNLCJ~ (Tfl rmiddotIr I-UICT[l) IN THe RSSf THIS AGr~lLMpoundJ1 WILL CotlTlflUF IN FOI~CE AJO SLr11ICfS WIlLCOt~nfjlJF TO [J[

REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

----------_ - ------__--------13 SIGNATl1i5

If~f d7crd rL1J50n NAMt

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_ ___ -z_-f( L- __ _

TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

-2~

bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

I APPNOPkIATtO~ 1010

Umiddot llx1a23 Ji------1-4- -C-~-C-II-A-P-P-k-O-P~-6-0-X-

RESOUnCES CUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEf ORIGINAL liME NO NO - ----

J ~ UOHL~T NO

402-31-(99-00-20-51 J 1101 NO OUUGATION NO

HIE AGENC ron INTERNATIONAL DEVElGtlMENT AND

DEPAnfHENT OF Ca-l-E~lCE

5 RSSA NO

~ov GIH 03-_7~5-_ Ii FISCAL YpoundAR

931~1l-_J~-OI)-73-315n~29 DURJ-AU 0)0 CES_US_~_______ 1975

_7__~_~__~_~~__~ __ r_sect~c~t~7~~~~~~~~~r_lt~I__H_r_v_o_U_S_A_M_O_U_N __ l _________ I~c__A_N_~_L __________________ ~ll __ ~~__O_U$~Nl~~_~_~O_O_~_)_E __________ __

bullbull AUTWAllY

COfNpound cRFE rmiddotNT IETmiddotEN AI[) AN[) THf ACENCY NrO ADOVE 0pound0 February 20 1967 J PUfll-OSL 0 l)~o iu( illl11yticcrl cfJvlGoy services to IlAGlJ LSP--rll~~l J--v-e lr-c-l-)I-1-e-n-t--____ ~p~l~~~~lL~Il~~JP~ ~l1l~vJll~tl~~~~ ______________________________________________ _ 10 SERvlCLS TO [( P[HFOH~E L

A__)(~(J~C ~Ll ~ 0_t)_~ AID hli33tJDli2l~~Ll a ~~rlllr (011gt ll1 the RUlll PQor to ~cfile p12nning for FY 1~75 and FY 1976 l~ lElt of its t13t tho CmiddotoJP require II ]yctllOJulo6Y to ~vdqstc the iLJct of 01l-601 Cl1U pot(ol1ti31 rojects Ii wall 33 rurnl llcelopwcnt [olJs

Th1r rs3f rccru tr tlC cTIfcoi of Dr lI Ii llgtcrt Gr0n of the CLilSUS Durcilu to help cleveJmiddot)p l nltDl Jmiddotldcp~1t pJj0ct tlLl1ning ltcthodoloZy to evalu3te the iDl1ct of cl-gninc ld potential Pi7(1j(ctl IS vell an rurll (kvelopilll~ut ~oJls

n r(rfec to ~(- P01f~)111~d _____ ____ ~_t __ bull ______ _ __ _ _

l~urltll d2Qlolgt211t pr~j~t pl~nrdns ~cqur(S a flmiddot21l1Clork middot11t1dlt which to ied There shoLJ1t~ hmiddoto (1) dc-lt))middot CO1cl(middot ~aC l~~sr]gttc dc[1ntous of ~l( pl-()Ogt~3 nc gOJB or )iJLlL GClcloIlt () cO1chlJl -_ ~r10rk 1()7 iilC-~C~~lting thc( iJtICJo(~S md 6()~ 13 Co) ~ un~ 0r [ ]~ ~1 ~ 0 f po H li c I CC0110tC t 3i1i sc Ld ClJi c t cr 1 c Ucs lTltn~)-t3 O t1)~3 ~o~L) (r1) iclltlC1tlo of i~O~~~t otPJts nJ (() 1U 111 lly tie 11 [~ (ilOC 1 Oi C lJ l f u ~ s ~il)a C( 01 PUj poc u end S 01 g

(ll o~~~ le h( lrblc r)[L~(l tltc t~chnJdIl Js ~l () [30SS tvdlrJ10 Lrr-~L (~l-I1(lgt l~ jL- 1 cmiddot-middot middot~ middot)tlmiddotJ 1~~Imiddotlgt (0) lgt~t t) middotcmiddot (Irgt lOJ- middott J I~ bull ~) ~~ l bull amp_ bull _ bullbull _ _ ~ 1- L J- 1 t Iy- )J_ - ~

qj(] P~02)~-~~ 1(11 [~~l)~middoti~~1jC ~~E thc~)~ r~i~ll2iOLmiddotl~~J JV Pljt cf cLir l I~ ll~ ill iklt i li( out l1q~ (t th~i) projClUl 11( ccnccptll111y relntc thC1 to the fOJ(~roing IJrJl~)~1 (c) L~tii1i(1 br ri~middotr~tcrj Ll~tq~-lt11 (0 tllO conccptuol r-JLelJ ltlld rkvclop

(COruCrJJ)

I TEnMltJt-rtC~

UNLCJ~ (Tfl rmiddotIr I-UICT[l) IN THe RSSf THIS AGr~lLMpoundJ1 WILL CotlTlflUF IN FOI~CE AJO SLr11ICfS WIlLCOt~nfjlJF TO [J[

REfJLJFrED UjIL TH(- IGhLr~l-41 orlt AN PIlt lHLhCOr I~ TLF~MINtTCO II~TEH ~OmiddotCAV NO)ICE nv 1ITHEn ~AnTV

----------_ - ------__--------13 SIGNATl1i5

If~f d7crd rL1J50n NAMt

------ -- _

_ ___ -z_-f( L- __ _

TITLE

~~lthUJlmiddotcl n[lison Chid Pucicil1[inr t1~lncy Stlfi TITL c

OFFICI OFFICE Office o~ (Allman ilnolfcmcnr

AGENCY ___ ~~jL

J C 11 7-1 v - 3 Hur 7

OATE --------- ===========~--~~~======~=============

Agcnq for Im~rnltiunJl IAvdopnlCnt

14 Al TACI1MfT5 WHUI AT TICL bullbull THCSL APPf OICtS AIe CONSIOLREO F-AHT or Ttle RSS ACIH[MLNT

[r APPCNDI)( A IgtLOCtT ACHLL C T

[Jq AIPEII[1I)( U RSSA CONTINUAT10llt sHeET

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

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APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

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BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

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OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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FROM

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Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

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OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

I -Crl G - middot c=

RESOURCES SUOT S~VICES AGREEMWr GE--WEEN I~ ~ A middot0 ___

APPENDIX A ~ --

rl ~ bull 1 10 THE AGENCY f=OR l ~nER-lTiC~~L )EVE~OPMEH AND Cmiddot]CTmiddot 03-75

BUOGET AGREEMENT ~

DEPA2T~rrr 0- cc~middotrmiddot~CE ---FISCL Y

mR1AU OF cssus 1975 1 BUOGET BY OBJECT CLASS 2 SIrFl~G 03JECT CLASSES 11 AND 2) - DETAILS

THE AMOUNT BUOGETEO FOR ANY COECT CLAss SHALL NOT BE E)(CEfO~O BY MORE THAN 15 P(RCENT UNLCSS

TITLLNdl~ 1 CRD ImiddotAmiddot- I I THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY AiC

SALARY 8ErEITS TOT I lOS) middot0TI-15 I

u OESCRIPTION AMOUNT I EconOtrlst Dr H Albc-t G u 157 a 23355 2386 26241 11 PERSO L CO PENS TION 26302 SccretZlry Dolores Af~ 62 3 24middot47 245 2692

lNEFIT51T 10 _PERCENT)

2631

21 TR VEL NO TRANSPORTATION 11 OF PERSONS (EXPLAIN OELOWj 3gtI~G5 I

23 RENT CO UNIC TlONS AND UTI_ITIES 3343

24 PRINTINC NO REPROOIJCTON (EXPLAIN OELOW) ---

25 OTHER SERVICES c~utcr ISPECIFy BELOW) ti0ampt=pes 1000

2 SUPPLIES ANO MATERI ALS 21 i - 779 I

31 ECUIPMENT (E)(PLAIN BELOY~ 3 I --r-verheOd cheres 29 10 275 -

I J TOTAL 4780~

__ 3 EXPLANATION OF 08JECT CLASS=S AND SPECIAL PrlOVISONS

f ) 2 intern~tionltll round trips sh~duled - 1 Ethiopiaraquo 1 Ti~ar $3~2QC rlc3gc irOll ~tloJ Heights ~ to New Stampte for consultations throu[hout 8 wn-lO1ths of scvicez (uh~n s~~t~lc bus scrvic UllsvltJi 1 ltlb Ie) bull 1 $200 for cost of bocs rc1ltltcd to project $500 CSGc~st fer o=poundic~ cuPlics ~~-~iv1s1on Gen Overncnd 12 Bureltlu overhead lS6~ ~~crcc gcu~=al 005 ~ve=~end epp11ed to total gith

~ception of $200 for books to be obtained ~i~h r~rchzc~ ~~d~

23 Includes rent factor assessed at 9 of bzsic costs

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

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4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

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OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

APPENDIX B

RSSA CONTINUATION SHEET

Pere 1 of 1

~ESOURCES SUPF ORT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNA TIONAl tfVHOPMENT AND

DrPARllTJjT 01 calHERCE BtPJAU OP CF~lSI1S

BLo-K 1) C()TIHU~

~1 ORIGImiddot rlAME N 0 -ll NAL - NO

RSS NO

COMCEN 03-75 FISCAL YEAR

1975

plms for ~pplYI~~ ~nd tMting tht rrllll~10rkj llnd (d) determine the extent to which Bueh II fr4CJwrk cn cuncntly bl llpplieJ to dl re~iO~l[1 anc~ to dl pro~ccts lnc proshygr[llll pound0 the C(711 that surlt 1 b~oJd lpplicntion Goe not pJove feasible Dpecific projcctg ~nd regions 1111 be selected fClr inclusion in thl frlMpound~wrl~ Finnlly ~gtp1lcttO1 of t ~ rmiddotmiddot)ork is to be made to obtlin ctinatc~ of tlIcse relationships frcM 5nd1~t1Il1~ countrie 1l1d r2~-on~ lIe ill a130 aJ~j~t in opcr[ltional1y 1c1cntifyL~ Dnd cr1Ir1cally o(Hnin[ 0Ver131J ronlo (lndpurpose of rur11 dcvclopment 18 dcl11wtel Ilj- the oloJkinp 2roup

C_~C~i0LC0ngt_I~~3~(middot1~ S~iU~n iU1~poundllLtu~SClmiddotv1~ 1110 solccfion or tb~ c~nSl3 LUlLltJulJ GII2(m for the Horl outHncd in thi3 ItSSA took 1_nto ccount cmtlia spedltlJ 3tlrlLuts l1Gr1dy 0) A clpClbility for npplicd DnllyG~s in demogruphy cconol1i(~ lltntist1cs opEr(1tion~ rcrcL1rch [nd c()reputer cciCgtl1cc (2) [pcdcne l~~ cone crtult]Uzhg lt]L1d npplyil~ qu~ml5tLtive ncthotluloricJ for c1l111yntn of the (ilvcr~c dtrogldphicsodd and ccol1cl lIc fclcet8 of the dcvcloprrent P70C0[W 11HJudl)g pOimlntJon f~IOlt1l diDtr1mtioil [Jnd mirrlion ~c1uc(lU(ji1Cll developshyljilt nne1 Lbor fcc lJJi~tidI(tl(Jj zmiddot(CJunmiddot~_1tG mlc1 proliio1l cd 11~Jlth md other ~nlf)rc~o~J tntcd ~gtrJJcc~ Dudl nS f[~ly llnl1n[ ctc jncoDl~ difJtrthHtion Clld c~p1CJyii(ni (h~Ir~~ctcd~d1ic~ f~cJ cnpit-J llJCstlIllt ~nd Ct(nrxnJc grcrth

~_1~(~ll( 1(~~ A pl(I~middot~~i rcport 1s to lc f~ub~~tt(ll (W C(lp5c~~) to Ei lIGi~ESl 3fter fO1r fionthg ~nd II 1111 I (-) t (10 ~~)~ ) Oft C~)J ctmiddot rmiddotn Or c ~r CrJC rJ~c_n ~c f - to fllelld J _ ~l ~j t )w 1 J-LI J t J I ~ oJ- 6 oJ bullbullbull middotw -_

(I pound(llJ~middotldjon of thmiddot2 putpoundte rodtlD prcplti~middotcd duxIne ths stud together nUh plms t()~ thli( r~)JlEe~doL

E Sll1lCr~sioH d j 1)1(11 bull ______ --~ __ _~ ___ bullbullbull _ _ ___ pO_ ___ _

Hr jdelll rJlt2tchcr CJiCf TAjICIVESI Hill pr(lvide fuiclcU1ce and SUp~lvsion The PASA t(chn5d~m T11 Toll~ tlheetly Hh the lJAGPF3P oHicolD in ilgdclllture md )~( Ll t(~d [l F peen 0 ~U l a J d lt2cJormiddotlnt bull

E-_8~~ - )_I)9Y ~Ln~ l~ U) ~CCtli ty Clcor ~1r(~9 th)=ou~h Secret ir required (I) Ho jntCln~Jtion~11 t11(1 od1nlting jn tlie US is to be undcrtgt1~cn unlef9 InioL l~pp)(l~Jl of GJ PAS hltJs bcen obtnincd (3) 111c PfsA technicLm 1111 llJvc th~ ~ltC p1vJJeecn llO dlrectmiddotmiddothfre employccr yhen eln lDY ocn([I~

(II) ) crrlbus(r~nt fo niJ(middotaee o~pCnlC5 by frhnte lluto for trnvltgtl bcllCCl1 Census Mm-HJl IlciLhCfI Hd 1ntl NeimiddotT Stltl 1g rrnnicu hen the rcru_1r Ccn~U9-C01n)rcc vhllttlc 1Jll3 is not nvnilnule Rcimburs gtITcnt for taxi fmmiddotc from tho )J~pnrtocnt of Comncrce to New Stvto in Quthodcd

AID 2lt102 U IV31

JII dLJ -I Ir(IPJlIA TlO~ NO CHEC~ Ar O f~)( a OAIGI L 4 nmiddot llXlO23

SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

1

O AI~ TEChNICL OFFICC

TAAGR C D eUOG=TAflY NDtlii~ rn

OFlCC l6 CMiXJ SODPASI Lc rOt-de

TO r

4~fi~Jc FG Moncada

13 SIGNAl URES ~v fl AM E ~ 1e(

v ncem 7~ Director

TITLE

i976 TITlE

OFFIC OUice of ConteOlcc 1bnlgomcnc

Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

4 TTACIM~urs pound41 TCCD HIt~F A~rOICpound5 f cocerr ~~If U T~II nS~A C rC CNT

r~1 PPDHIIX nUOGET cnrEI4CNT

r I APPFNDIX II ASSA CONTNU TI~N UT

--------------------------------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------AU 10- (11

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

Buy US SIItmiddotil1gs Ballas RttlIlarJ) 011 fh~ P1yroIJ SaJlbgs PIIII

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

-2-

progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

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lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

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~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

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f($L-cy) T1VpPUOloHettcHpob12G75

MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

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SOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREL N AMEND ND

~ ALLOTEII- HO S Fc~~ Iigt

~2-3l-099-00-2-6l THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMEN 1 AND cmmiddotVCEN 3-75 1 PlaiT NO OBLIGATION NO Department of Commerce 6 FISCAL YEAR

~3l-11-l99-063-72-3l6E 615 A-2 Bureau of Census 1976 ( TQ ----7 CUJIIEHT FISCAl YEAR I ~REOUS MOUNT

UNOI riG $90000 I AIo10UNT TO 0- E

$116400 ()pt e AUTHORITY

GENEUL GnEEENT tI~TWEEN AI O 0 THE GENCY N I4EO eOVE O TEO Feb 20 1967 J PURPOSE AA 0 To pr~vide analyti~al advisory services to T GR ES in rural development

plaJ]]ng fU=DsrauIlJug and (naluation 10 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

The purpose of this anendment is to extend and continue services provided by Dr H A Green Economist through September 1916 to assist TAAGR to develop a rural development project planning methodology to evaluate the impact of on-going projects as iell as rural development goals

The scope of iork aId all other provisions remain the same

This is final funding Additional funding may be provided subject to approval of a project paper as a new project~

Any uneq)Clnded balance as of June 30 1976 Will be carried forward in support of this project during the TQ

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Bureau of tte Census ACEICY Agcncy foe IncmiddotcrnltiDfl1 DcvclopnCnt ceNCY

June 29 1976 _____ O_ _TE~ ____ OATC

____ =J~11=1e 30 1976

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APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

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BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

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31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

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Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

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Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

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- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

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William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

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December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

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FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

Rso~mcs SJ2RT Sc~ViCES AGREeMENT BETWEEN o ORIGI ~ AMED 4

HAL 1010_

APPENDIX A RSSA 1010 THE AG=~~(Y =OR i NTER~ATIOl~ Dr VELOP1ENT AND COXCEN 3-75

J

BUDGET AGREEZ04ENT

I Dep ytlIet c COQ_--erce FISCAL YEAR

Bu=c-~~ of Cer8 l 3 1976 5 TQ I eUDGET BY OBJECT CLASS STAFFING (OBJECT CLASSES II AND 12l DETAILS

THE AOU~T BUDGETED FOR ANY OlJECT CLASS SHALL NOT liE EXCEEDED DY ORE THAN 15 ERCENT UNLESS

7TLEr~AMc GRADE MAN- SALARY BENEFITS TOTAL THERE HAS BEEN PRIOR APP~OVAL BY A10 (GSl MONTHS

a I m~ OESCRIPTION AMOUNT 10332 degu Ecolomist D= H Albert Green 157 3 9393 939

I I Secre~arf 63 I 3 2653 265 29j t PERSONAL COPEtlSATICN

12 046 --

bENpoundFIT5 IT~PERCENT) I

12 I

1205_

21 TRAVEL ANO TRANSPORTATION

3000 1 OF PERSONS IEXPL AIN poundjELO

Zl RENT COltlMUNfCATIONS I ANO UTtLITlE~ 1 662 PRINTINC A O REPRODUCTION I I

24 I (pound~PLAIN tELOW) 1

ZS OTgt1IpoundOlt SHVCES 2) ISPECIFY BELOW) 3000

Z6 5UPPLIES ANO MATERIAlI 300

J -UVerneaCf

31 KocYxKrlOC~XXKK~ 5 157 ~

TOTAL I 26370 Rd 26400 3 EXPLANATION OF OBJECT CLASSES AND SPECIAt PROVISIONS

iI one projected trip to ~sia including per diem mileage from Marlow Heights Md to New State for consultationshywhen shuttle bus service unavailable

2 Comput~r time and tapes 1 Includes 209 of Division General 085 Burea~ General and 005 Commerce General

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

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Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

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f($L-cy) T1VpPUOloHettcHpob12G75

MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

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( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

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Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

TO

OCAL 0 NO 10 IULY 72 IITION SA Cp 01 bull UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memo ra lzdum TAPPU Mr Carl Fritz nATE April 28 1976

FROM TAAGR Leon F He~ser

SUBJECT Scope 0 f Hork andj3ud get RSSABureau of Census

In accord with your ~emo of December 3~ 1975 on RSSA Docushymentation the attached infor~at1on is provided fer the Bureau of the Census RSSA Methedology fer h38essing Rural Developreent Projects The budget prepared in January for the Congressicnal Fresentation shows $12000 fer this pro-shyject in the interim quarter and no fundG in FY 1977 It was our intention that the services become a segrent of t1-e Expandc~d Proerargt LoY [oromic ralY5is in succeeding funding periods We feJt at t~at tiDe that the project could be br()11~11JC Ir~~ thj fl tl-)e fCjJd of Ll-c FALtEl~middotc~ccl Fj~T2_1 cl~_~llg tts interim q~a~ter if ~nc at~ln~C~~~~l~C 2pp~c~ai ~~e~S Gqulti be completed by Ey 0 he Picj ect -a8 t[jc(n to trc EXIl2rd(Q Procram advisory (ARS)middot Co~nit~ee ~n early ~archo ~he COITmlttee recuested rea~tions freD field ~issions before maklnc 8 decis ion 0 ESP is troceed~ngtCCevelop ttE plGj cct further under a RSSA arranc~nJent during the interim q~arter

The attached scope of work and budcet cover the proposed interlm quarter activities 1J11e ft1~inb slOin in tte atcacied budget is twice the amount shewrr in the CF bud~et Since the USDfl r2ser~rch FASA in the hiJLppinc2 Hill reC ch the end of the l~C approval in June the $24000 shown in the buQget fo~ the interin quarter for th8t project could be utilized to meet the costs of t~e Census project Tbe USDAPASA is also expected to be transferred to the GTS Expanded Program project to support other aGricultural development efforts

Attachment als

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Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

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FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

Plan of Work - Bureau of Census Methodology for Assessing ~ural Development Projects

This activity will provide for delelopment testing and initial dissemination of a basic rural develop~ent information processing and analytical ~ethodology structured for use I~ith currently or potentially available data of the LOCs and interfacing 0ith project management in- formation activities of the AID middot~issicn andior host countries It i11 be designed to f~cilitate on-site ad h0C cost-effective asse~sment of actual and potenti~l cenefits and COStS of specific programs and proshyjects intended to increase the well-being of the rural poor

Th0 methodological design will incorporate a high degree of flexshyibility to facilitate its use in a wide variety of country situations with a broad rang9 of project types Its development will give majormiddot consideration to the technical c~DebilitiEs of mission a~d host country personnel their acccs to analyt~cal resources) and the need fer ti~e)y

and relcvcnt i1for~lation for rural devclopient plarlning iilplE~entation and cvalu(ltion E~DI12Sis il1 be on tlw economic and technical d~ienshysions of rural dCVc~cp~2nt in a regional ~ulti-scctoral focus althcugh social and political aspects and lin[ges to natior21 concerns ard the decson-rmiddotakinginfcrrnation needs lIithin given sectorslill not be negl ectcd

Th~ ~c~ivity r-2cpoundlizGS th~~ce mlicr t[s~~

a) developnient of a basic r-Ulill development tnulytical frarn8horl

b) interfacing Ilith mcllllQer~cnt information activities of thc~ missiens undol ios countri~s

c) interfacing with data collection and t~bulation activ-ities of the host country

lh1cl1 will be accciplshed in tvo Inaja) ph2ses initial system develshyopment rnd field testing rcCification) and irolcf71en-caticn in coopshyeration ith selected iis~ions cHidor host cCU1tr1(s The presE1t activity docs not include support for general application of th2 methshyodology

DC~middotIOpi[nt of the basic un~iytical fraTli9hOrk cnd negotiat~ons lith poteltially co()pelrtil~g missiops llnd host cCLntrics are currently trorshylay Descriptive dCC~jr2nt(tL-ll of the frareoork 1111 12 available ard idcntific2ticn cf cn~ or ~or2 ccopcrating countries is expected by 30June 1976 Country-specific applicaticn (modification testing and implementation) activities ~ill begin dudng July-Au~ust 19i6 Activit

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

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TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

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progre~s will be documented in periocic progress reports and in a final report due 30 Septe~~cr 1978 ihe final report will include reco~~enshydations concerning ~ore general a~ency-wide disseminatio~ and appli-cation of the rlethodo logy

A critical portion of u diagncstic methodology is 3 multi-sector regional econo~ic analytical fr~~ework This fre~ework should provide ~ general description of a rural regional econom~1 including all majr sectors such as he=lth agriculture industry governm2nt It must also include routines for assessing the i~pacts of i~terventions in the rural economy

rroject output measures which must be considered for inclusfon in the analytical framchork include

income per capita

income by industry occupation ethnic group sex

employrlent by industrY occupation ethnic group sex

foedconsumption (nutrition)

hOuS9

- - dis t j i b iJ t i 0 i1 0 f 1 i n d 01rI e r s hip

agricultural output

foreigl1 exchangr effects

health status + li fe expectancy

tax receipts

school fnrollrents and 1 iteracy

Input and Process project progress measures should~lso be included Input measures d~ter~ine t~G q12~tity and ti~cliness of the provisi6n of project resources The dic9~osic systSrl slioJld permit the ce-cerminLicr of th~ typ~ cu2Iltity lnc tir1ng of key required inputs l-~crfover it should pr0vi~2 sc~e analysis of i~plications of failure to ~aintain plannccJ input Gelivery schecules

Process measures atte~ot to detormine the extEnt to which the inshyp~ts are being utilized an~ the rate at which t~e project is being instHutionalzcd EXclples of these tyfes of neasures are cliente e

1n group activities ~nd projct-establis e~

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

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11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

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f($L-cy) T1VpPUOloHettcHpob12G75

MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

organizations the ariOunt of loans extended repayment of loans fanne exposure and krowledse of new techno1ogie~ ~dopticn rates etc The diagnostic ~ethocolcgy must define these variuble atte~pt1ng to isolate key ones for sp~cific types of rural ceve1o~ment projects and suggest co~t effective techniqu~s for their ffieasurement

Th~ context of any program or project cons~ts of a system of social political econcmic and technological resources 1irikages and products This system defines en~ detcr~in2s the quantity and distrishybution of the gcods and services produceJ by th~t society access to and use of available resources the distribution and other charactershyistics of the decision-~aking function and the technology utilized for production It is this $YS071 ihich project interventiors attempt to impact or ~cdi7y tmiddotodificoticns ana ~nterventions can t~ke the form of the intrcductcn of additional resources nEW technologies nEW products or new institutia~3l strcctures (~odific2tion 07 co~~unicaticn channels ~ecisicn-~aking r8les andruld~ ~nd c8ntrol of resource flews) It ~s in this sE~ting in ~hich d pr0j~ct ~ust b[ (valua~2~ t is not enouUh to krcv tnJt certain gcals ~lere or Vlere not achieved jore important (re th causes of tl~e success or failure The infoniation systeil should provide the basis for this type of evaluation

A priliitlly desired outccc of this 2CtiVity is to -rccuce Cln inforshymaticm sy~)tCl lilich can b( utilized tt-th2 field icmiddotvel Tr2 fOrril (T thr product t~cn ~ust noc~ss2rily vary accordinpound to the ccrp2tampnci2s of t~2 pcrsonn(~l utiliiiriQ it In SO~2 case this jay te u C(~suterizcd ~ t~l ri I~ ~~~~~~~ ~ - I~ltr~ -~~~ ~ ~~ - i~i~~middot~-- 7middotmiddot-~ 1

di(~~l()s InitilJiy th2 2nalytic2 cc-pcnCril vill be Gev~-Ic~(~d for me Iti til a cc--putc r Hocv(l i il tre C(JUS0 c1 the cc i it) thi s ri 11 be Ieduced to a nOJl(c~~pllt[fiCd r~an~lill 1 ell hi 11 proi de c r2ciJali Sril for desigrdng ltn informaticln system fo) 2 specific project

Budg~t for Int~rim Quarter 7116 tc 93076

Personncl Corrpcnsation 6 IlJTI BenefH s at 10 Travrl aile TransDortction Space UtilHics Ch~rges Computer t ~r~e ~Id tltlles Supplies 2~d ~atsrials Other Div amp Suro2u Expense Dept of Co~erce overhead

Total Rounded to

$12046 1205 3000

1 662 3000

300 2 ~ 110 3047

~63TO $26400

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

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In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

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11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

irCmiddot_e -1 ll J~tn1--dnn C(Ilti~ ll lct)j~i j~~ltltC~ E~nllh0k i~l

lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

10- J1 -1 ~ ymiddotr ~middotjmiddott lr~~~ i(k (~g f~i~middot~middotctiJn (If iJl~~ li rincltt the ljUi h1 in 11i]

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lc~~( ~ 1(Jt i rmiddot0~tl PcojG 9ll-V~-nct~ 5 ctlpbn 7 c p 7-) X(tdGi8

~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

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h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

_OL ro I y na 10 0 bullbull ~ bullbull c 1011 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN

Memorandum TO TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser DATE November 12 1976

FROM AATA curt~Tfar

SUBJECT Conditional Approval for Six ~fonths Extension of Methodology for Assessing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

I have approved the extension of subject activity as you requested with the understanding that it will be terJTIlnated as of March 31 19n hether or not a new proj ect or Expanded Program activity is then under consideration

In revic-ing the background of this activity it is obvious that he should h-iVe paid more attention to its design before embarking on its implementation

cc TAPPU

BII) US SlIlIings BotUis RtgulllrlJ on Ihl PII)roll SIIins Pliln

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON OC Z05Zl

Noember ~J 1976

Mr Frederick A Leedy Asst Chief I~ternational Statistical

PrograUls Center United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Wash~ncton DC 2033

Dear Mr Leedy

Approval of the proposed extension of the_RSSA agreement between the Technical Assistance Bureau of AID and Bureau of Census has been delayed due to the desire of llr Farrar the Assistant Administrator for TAB and our prJg~am office to tke a closer look at tllC project During my absence lovewber 4 2[3 I Hill ask Dr DeCln Schrdner and Ken Brundage to assist om program office in llnder~timd in the reasons for the proposed extellsion 2nd middot]hat is tob~ acccliplisllEd by Dr 11 Green durins the uix luonth j)eriod

I hiwe jl1fonnr~(l our IHo~ram office that tIle major tasl(s to be accolJlplished dUring the extension arc (1) to summarize the Hork completed to date in such a lay as 10 be of llse to AID penonnel in understuncling hOv1 Dr Greep I s project deveJol)m~nt monitoring and evaluation methodologies cun be applie~ und (n assisting the Africa BlIreau in developing the frltlmCvlOrk for applying such metLclulogic to an intesratcd rural dcvelopment proj ect in Zaire

The prCj)~cd extensioll of the RSSA lt1greemcntvill terndllate tiD-rch 31 1977 We do not li1tcnd to reneH thi~ RSS~ arrccmcnt beyond tlwt date It is my llOPC hOviCver that by that time Dr Green li11 have clearly demonstrated the usefulness of his previous work Hith this office by applying the preshyvi9usly developed models to a specific project proposal in collaboration with the A[r~ca TIlire[lu an~ USAIDZaire

I have asked Dr Kurt Anschel to continue to work -lith Dr Green henever possible and to revie-l major reports I have also asked Dr Dean Schreiner to take primary liesponsihility for the day to day IDallagement of the project and in hc1ping Dr Green to relate his Iork to AID needs

If any tOrk on this activity is to continue after Iarch 31 1977 it -lould have to be under a nc proj ec t hich vould be revievcd by AIDs Expanded Progruin COlittec rd 3pproved by TABs ff)fgttant Ac1rrlnistrator I have informed Dr Green tha t this office o1iI~ b~ p)eased to work Idth him in proshyviding guidelines for such a project but that he would have to play an active role in discus3ions with the reGional bureaus and other AID offices to aS6ure that he -laS awa-re of their -concerns and that they rlly understood the work he would be doing

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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rgp U) ~~~~O Fl()tc~~(lr to CU7Lninq ratoltt c2n)lr 3 1975 (l) ~~r~o Frit=- to HrJ30r mi1 rOti~l1n d~i~d PoCC-tb~r J 1975

In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

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11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

irCmiddot_e -1 ll J~tn1--dnn C(Ilti~ ll lct)j~i j~~ltltC~ E~nllh0k i~l

lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

10- J1 -1 ~ ymiddotr ~middotjmiddott lr~~~ i(k (~g f~i~middot~middotctiJn (If iJl~~ li rincltt the ljUi h1 in 11i]

~l~e t1r~_middot~ IJ

lc~~( ~ 1(Jt i rmiddot0~tl PcojG 9ll-V~-nct~ 5 ctlpbn 7 c p 7-) X(tdGi8

~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

~()ir- ~lt j )i) Ul ~))C) Ch-~H~Cl 6 ~rtliCpoundiW~ shctl1 )e xol1Ct-i1 ~~It lU~ l 1 i~-t tmiddot)i~~l cn tilO ~~n~lJ~~f-) 13

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

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The design and approval of such projects is at times a lengthy process The history of th~ present RSSA agreement 11lustlt1tes that clearly We can not assure that such a project would be approved by March 31 1977 We Coln ho emiddoter assure you that the present RSSA agreement will not be extended beyond that date

Under tIle tiDe lags that occur in the process of AID project approval Dr Green Hou1d be back on a Census staff nss1gn~ent I want to alert you to this situat~oll I have greatly appreciated your support coopera-

tian and unucrcLHnulng durillr the Piibt three Llonths IlS e have pused to cat-efully rcvicT the -York dOlle under this project The Gtaff of TAnl AGRESr felt the general objectives of tht work were consistent Hith AIDs nEeJs It -as 1lso clear that there vas incrcaspd regional bureau interest in the pi-oject

le felt it necesG1ry t hm-Iever to nssesr the possildJ lties of trans1atinf _ the g(nr~lmiddot_l ohjcecives to spcdfie useful OUi~uts e concllldcd that the best -y to lIi1ke fuc-h an ltl1SCSSJcnt vas to focus all a specific country actJvJty fur a eli rlollt 1l peLlCld Hopefully hinc1siGilt vil1 prove our judgcmcntL corr~ct

c~TAPP~CFritz -----------------TApPUJGunninp TArpU Wolf f c Io--~ -- Til AGR KBrllrdJee Til AGR LFHe5~er -------111 AGRKmschci-------shyTil AGRDSchrciner COHCENIIGrecn

SincciclYt-

William~C Merril~middot

ChiHmiddot Division of Econonico (j

Sector Planning Officemiddotof Agriculture Technlcal AS1Jistance Bureau

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

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11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

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lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

10- J1 -1 ~ ymiddotr ~middotjmiddott lr~~~ i(k (~g f~i~middot~middotctiJn (If iJl~~ li rincltt the ljUi h1 in 11i]

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~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

~()ir- ~lt j )i) Ul ~))C) Ch-~H~Cl 6 ~rtliCpoundiW~ shctl1 )e xol1Ct-i1 ~~It lU~ l 1 i~-t tmiddot)i~~l cn tilO ~~n~lJ~~f-) 13

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

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to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY fOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON DC 20521

November 11976

NOTE FOR TAPPU Mr Gunning

SUBJECT Request for Six Month Extension of Methodology fl)

Assessing Rural 1~velopment Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

What Ie have here is clearly a project develop~nent activity tiat was badly desi~1ed in the first place

I am not clear that the pr~3Ent proposal Hill produce any better result Since we already have an informal cOlwuitment (and I suppose need to go to 10 Mann about it for which we should get ready) lets take time to make sure

Please get from Dr Hesser

1 AssuCance that TID is involved

2 Time plan shmring bow the activity plan is to be prepared and conridererl l)y AR8P prior to the termination of this RSSA and to get tluough whatever approval process is appropriate

3 Above shouJd take into acccunt the need of Census for advance information about the termination of the arrangement if in fact it is to be terminated

If An cJ-plan tion of the Hork tento ti ve as it appear s in objectives I and 2 It raises important questions I thinlc as to what He expect

CF-Curtis Farrar MTA

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

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11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

irCmiddot_e -1 ll J~tn1--dnn C(Ilti~ ll lct)j~i j~~ltltC~ E~nllh0k i~l

lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

10- J1 -1 ~ ymiddotr ~middotjmiddott lr~~~ i(k (~g f~i~middot~middotctiJn (If iJl~~ li rincltt the ljUi h1 in 11i]

~l~e t1r~_middot~ IJ

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~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

~()ir- ~lt j )i) Ul ~))C) Ch-~H~Cl 6 ~rtliCpoundiW~ shctl1 )e xol1Ct-i1 ~~It lU~ l 1 i~-t tmiddot)i~~l cn tilO ~~n~lJ~~f-) 13

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM TO

FROM

SUBJECT

DATE October 29 1976

AATA curti~srar

TAPPU John g

Request for x month exten~ion of methodology for Asscs~ing Rural Development Projects RSSA with Bureau of Census

This RSSA project has been on-goinE since November 1974 without the benefit of a Project Paper and a review process It was initiated as a small activity to be completed by June 30 1975 In August 1975 I signerl a PTOT to extend the services under the RSSA with the unrlerstanding that a draft PP (or PP equivalent under the Expanded Program) would Le submitted in time to en1ble full approval by October 1975 A proposal under the Expanded Program was prepared and revieved by the A~ricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee on April 9 1976 The Committee requested additional iOrk on the proposal prior to 3 decision

TAPPU again cuncurred in an extension to permit reVISIon of th~ PP By agreLl1lent hetp(cn PPU and ACl the RSS for the TQ contained the follooling qrdlllp Thin lS fin11 funding Aclditional fUlldiTJg mlly be provided subject to lpprovlll of a project p1per as a neH project

TAAGR is 1101 rcqu(sting an 3dditonal six months exLension undpr the current cctivity Lo filld test in Zaire the methodologies developed to date This requuL ~ill incnlsc the cost of this 1ctivity by $48000 for a l1(W totMl of $212000 We asked that the request be addressed to you in ViCH of the history of the activlty We also requested clearance of AFR 1111ich is shoHn on the attached PIOT

We recommend you approve the attached request

cc TAAGRLHesser

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

rgp U) ~~~~O Fl()tc~~(lr to CU7Lninq ratoltt c2n)lr 3 1975 (l) ~~r~o Frit=- to HrJ30r mi1 rOti~l1n d~i~d PoCC-tb~r J 1975

In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

~~ll ImiddotU)(middot~~ f~)~1 c~t1lL C~l SO ~l ~ -)10[ cc~middot~~[Ulmiddotjttt_~ ()[ a pr~j)=tp

11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

irCmiddot_e -1 ll J~tn1--dnn C(Ilti~ ll lct)j~i j~~ltltC~ E~nllh0k i~l

lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

10- J1 -1 ~ ymiddotr ~middotjmiddott lr~~~ i(k (~g f~i~middot~middotctiJn (If iJl~~ li rincltt the ljUi h1 in 11i]

~l~e t1r~_middot~ IJ

lc~~( ~ 1(Jt i rmiddot0~tl PcojG 9ll-V~-nct~ 5 ctlpbn 7 c p 7-) X(tdGi8

~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

~()ir- ~lt j )i) Ul ~))C) Ch-~H~Cl 6 ~rtliCpoundiW~ shctl1 )e xol1Ct-i1 ~~It lU~ l 1 i~-t tmiddot)i~~l cn tilO ~~n~lJ~~f-) 13

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

ACTION MEMORANDtn-t September 29 1976

TO AATA Curtis Farrar

THRU TAPPu John GUnnin~

TAl AGR Leon F Hesser~ FRO

Problem Approval is needed for a six month extension of the present arrangeshyments Ii th the Bureau of the Census RSSA on determining a methodolory for assessing rural development projects This RSSA is managed by TAAGRESP

Bactgrou_]cl Dr Hal Green under the Bureou CensusRSSA has been uorlcin~ on the d~veloPJent of a methodolo~y for improving an3lyU cal information systems related to project planning monitoring and cv~luation The proshyposed cytcnsion of tlle Bureau CensusRSSA is to allow Dr Green adequate time to revise the previous proposdl and adapt it to provide an appropriate methodology for cv~luating and monitoring the North Shaha Project and particularly its impact on s]ecific tar~et groups It was anticipated that this Hark loulcl have resulted in an Activity Paper approved by the Expclllued Program II~SP Cl)lr1ittee OdoLcr 1 1976 During an earlier revievT of the propos(cl activity the AJ~SP CcwIdttee concluded that although it supported the general objectives of tIle activity it felt that it would be more useshyful to develop tIle activIty using a~tual data from an AID country specific project The Africa Bureau su~gest(d the North Shaua t1aiz Productlon Projshyect in Zaire as one posdbllity bull The North Shaba Pvoject team (lid not get into the field Ui1til ufust and dld not return to Hnshington until early September Dr Green assisted the team in designing the project and particularly in developing an outline for a project evaluation and monishytoring system

It is anticipated that any further work on this activity would be funded under the Expanded Program if the ARSP Committee favornbly rcvieHed the revised proposal

The Bureau CensusRSSA is budgeted for the next six months at $4POOQ and is to provide for one Economist and one Secretary plus supporting costs

Funds are not shmTn in the budeet for FY 77 for this activity This cost can be taken rom the $250000 indicated in the budget f9r the Poor Rural Households project as ADC has indicated that their needs will be less than the amount estimated during budget development

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

rgp U) ~~~~O Fl()tc~~(lr to CU7Lninq ratoltt c2n)lr 3 1975 (l) ~~r~o Frit=- to HrJ30r mi1 rOti~l1n d~i~d PoCC-tb~r J 1975

In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

~~ll ImiddotU)(middot~~ f~)~1 c~t1lL C~l SO ~l ~ -)10[ cc~middot~~[Ulmiddotjttt_~ ()[ a pr~j)=tp

11 et1=~1 G~middot ~middot~ It ~i lQfmiddot~Ji-fH~_l t~~L a rr)jfj(~t lJ~(l~~ tt j ~middot~rl~1c)~il1t it

irCmiddot_e -1 ll J~tn1--dnn C(Ilti~ ll lct)j~i j~~ltltC~ E~nllh0k i~l

lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

11 m~middotl iC1 rlul ta ~i_(J~t 1 rl~ [fyenOjct tliJ y(~ampr At r~~Clj ~t~ () to ~r~ ~ ~~~~)r() middot(~1 middotmiddot~~(Jjtct p(q ~r 1hich l~it t01rlrel n~~Imiddotr

t~~c~ ~middot5 ( r~middot 7J~L~~~middot(~ Ltc) to r~c )c~a lrJ U j~middot1-~lQ lO~middotjiV(r 1li- ~ould

10- J1 -1 ~ ymiddotr ~middotjmiddott lr~~~ i(k (~g f~i~middot~middotctiJn (If iJl~~ li rincltt the ljUi h1 in 11i]

~l~e t1r~_middot~ IJ

lc~~( ~ 1(Jt i rmiddot0~tl PcojG 9ll-V~-nct~ 5 ctlpbn 7 c p 7-) X(tdGi8

~~~~middot~J~~2 Jl - tO~(i1 rl~ bl~middotln ~tIL C~t a ltf~()1~~1J1Ct (~~t1~rtil) 1 ~ thl tlt~J C(~ ~ J ~CXmiddot ~]jC)) tmiddotc~ ~middot(middotrt)~--tt 1 th~ (ry1Gt e(Jmiddot (i)~~ cd)rllf j3rr~~ C)~(f iqdJ rh~ u )li ~1~uv cc1~on l(ll ~lhlicnt~J iiC~ t~J IC~~ ~~ ti~~fl t~irmiddot) 7~jor imiddot tl~i~~1 (hcr~~ It ttnl lt~lt OX~ri1

~()ir- ~lt j )i) Ul ~))C) Ch-~H~Cl 6 ~rtliCpoundiW~ shctl1 )e xol1Ct-i1 ~~It lU~ l 1 i~-t tmiddot)i~~l cn tilO ~~n~lJ~~f-) 13

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

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h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

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FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

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Recommendation We recommend that the Bureau CensusRSSA activities be con- tinued through March 31 1977 at which time this ~~~_~~ project will

terminate ~

Approved L~i ~ Disapproved ____________ _

Date --~U-f-illl-bt-(L7_o1b---

DATE Ile~ I 1975

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MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

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Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

DATE Ile~ I 1975

lO

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In rerjci C) fh- rltt D-t fOl-tl trIG U-ittimn Url(I3 middothich the Mi~ (i ccnrd r t rl_orJoI ~ rIJltrihn rcI(l~[t1JI9 frt~J for pYOlra1l cmiddot) cJ(It v1 ri~ txct l1ctiv7Jr 21v clr(-t lt)$1 ~1P tla nrClll of CC Ij L~ltJ n tr~lt L) LAce tL~ clit~rL~ pound1lc1 it h il ~~c1tic

~~ll ImiddotU)(middot~~ f~)~1 c~t1lL C~l SO ~l ~ -)10[ cc~middot~~[Ulmiddotjttt_~ ()[ a pr~j)=tp

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lnt I U)middotmiddotit~i lnr 11 ltl (~~tcnrir 1 1975

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f($L-cy) T1VpPUOloHettcHpob12G75

MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

-2~

bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

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til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

MpoundtJORANCUM FOR

FROM

$UaJECT

December 3 1975

TAAGR Dr Leon Hesser TAN Dr Martin Forman

TAPPU Carl R Fritz~ Use of RSSAs for pro4m Deve op~ent and Support

~Ir Levick AAITA has Dpproved continuation of small RSSA with the US9A ~cono~ic Res8crch Service as a Program Development end Supgtort cctivi1-y requiring annutll MTA review and approval rather the~ a Project Paper You may wish to request approval of the fallo~ing activities using this procedure as well

I Mat~rnal and Chi Id Health RSSA 2 Ferti lizer RSSA with TVA 3 possible new RSSA with NOAA

Please not~ however that there are limitations as to what can be done in this type of RSSA

the RSSAs wi I I be used ~ny for program development and support activities

the personnel wil I be under the direct supervision and guidence of TA Tech~ical Offices (More self contained operations such as the USDA group under the Food and Nutrition T~chnical Suppo~t project or the Ag Inforr1ation RSSAwi I I continue to be projectized and require a project paper

an ennual work plan ~nd budget must be sub~itted to TAPPU no later than Iarch 31 -0 allow consideration and approval by ArTA of the evel of support In sufficl~nt time to inform the RSSA agency of any desired changes weI I in advance of the new fiscal year (FY 76 approval wi I I suffice for the Interim Quarter this yeer)

Please sublllt cny stich requests for approval of program developnent nj sunort RSSAs to AATA through TtPPU

~ttachr-=nt Fr It zLevi ck r18r1orandum dated 112175

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

-2~

bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

TO

FROM

OPTONAL 0 NO 10 JULY U DITtON bullbull A PM C 101118

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAPPU John Gunning

TAAGRESP Lehman B Fletcher-Jfr

DATE December 3 1975

SUBJECT Justification of Field Visits on Project 931-11-199-063 Bureau of ClSUS HSSA

1010middot110

The Bureau of Census RSSA has recently submitted an amendment to the PIOT funding for FY-1976 In revimmiddoting the project you mentioned the second caveat of your memo of Au~ust 13 1975 Field work will not begin until the PP has been completed and approved

It is mentioned in memo of November 25 1975 Hesser to Fritz Subject - Project Fund Augmentation - Bureau of Census RSSA that field trips indicoto the need for additional computer requirements The field trips m8ntioned were covered by TA 1164513 dated July 29 1975 for travel to Costa Rica during the period July 31 to August 23 1975 Amendment A authorized five days to confer with ~OCAP staff in uatemala during the period lugust 14 to 19 1975 Unfortunately the cavcat of your l~uglrjt 14 memo was an ~ ~st iact~ Gi tuation in terms of the field work In this CuGe USAJD Costa Rica issued PIOl 515-12--3-50039 for $1200 to cover the costs of the trip When tlying to utili~e these funds it was determined in TAPPU that ThD funds must be used as ~he TDY as lesR than 30 days On the basis of this ruling the Costa Rica desk was advised to deoblilt]ilte their PIOl

On the second segment of the caveat the PP has been completed and approved middote vlCre lU1GUre as to the scope of an Action Memo on RSSAs hich I hav - learned had been approved recently by Imiddotlr Levick Would you be kind enough to clarify the situation nm that you have a degree of guidance on RSSA clocmnentation

My staff has delayed a bit on actual Project Paper (PP) preparation as this is a new area and we have been looking for an acceptable PP to guide in the degree of detail to include in the papen Now that the system has been operating for five months you can probably suggest several of the desirable PP that you have processed so that efforts will meet your exacting standards Your help in this matter will be of conshysiderable help in composing a PIgt that represents the project

Clearance f)id TAAGR RHolmes-t~

cc Dr Hesser

BIIY US SflVillgs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savingr PIlln

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

-2~

bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

Agricultural and Rural Sector Planning Committee Minutes of a Meeting

April 9 1976

Attendees TAAGR L Hesser (chmn) ASIATO F Riggs TAAGRESP 01 I-lerrill TAIGRESP -1 Hi cks TAAGRESP T Ti-OiTey

NETECH R Olson ppePDA J Westley TAfGR ESP R SJttor TAAGRESP E Hi tt

The purpose of this niceting was to consider a proposal entitled I-~ethoshydolog) for Plssessing Rural Developnent Project ll

for funding UnGel the Expamkd Prognm Hesser poilitcd out to the comnittee thllt sillce the ful i comnj dee hls not yet been famed it oul d be nccessca-y lUi l~I D 0 u~2 pCshy

ject dedsicns based on the adise of the 110 rcpres(ntatives on the ccrrrnitLe until the ctppointJrcriLS of outsicJe 1i8rders vcre m2de It VIas dccidd thilt since Lls AFR [nd RD were not represented at the meeting fina) drcisi0ns on

the CCI1SllS BurcclI projrct ould b2 postpolEd until later Tiw follOillg notes covel th2 major i~cms of the discussjon of tI~e project

Hicks sturtecl tho discus~ion by briefly chClr(lct(~rising the model as a I mode fJ-iT11 an UrbcJ1 Icydern sector em urban poor sector a rurB 1 rQclern sector j ~ ~ rmiddotmiddotV (C~(I i~~1 i) rlrl-f~Y fr) -1 ~middothf ~I i r~ middot rr+r~ p~

~ p~ i~ t~d 0 t c h~ t f Ai~middot ~v a 1 ~ t j G i) tec ~ll1i ql~ 0 ~ j I~ ~1 u~i ~ j n ~ t~~ I~ ~ 1 -CI~ 2 -

olestl~ l~i~csted thJt th~ inclusion of the PtR evaluation technique iay b2 iilosffy-to nIe the project more uttractivc for funding

Irstlov 2sled if this (5 a spin off or Cl continllation of anoU-ti J(ojct ~1elrffl--sEEfcd tint this ork 011 the project ClS inhated in lctc 197L~ UllUCT q prs~~-l r) a Ii 9 pound-rn t lli t h eu )cau ()f Censi s bull Pi Cq s as keu l1a t fi e 1 d con t il ct s had beln rillc and bo recoptive the missiol1s~-~e to the proposaL 1gtrrill stated tllZlt Hal Green had spent lpproxilli1teiy 3 cJavs of at-o leek v-E t fo-Costa Rico discussing thjs prcjectstl1at hcspent u couple of Jays in Gh(1na and 3 rlilyS in l~ordJn FurthcrltCJr2 John 1Isop vho is nOI in J~dJr is famil il1l vith the project These ere the three 17lissicns iith rrost intrrcst in the poj~ct lii_~~s noted Hut tle missions had not yet received the prCs0nt project proposal

rucos cCl~ented that the data needs for the project were substantial and asked--get-irg the cJ(lta ollld ce a problem Hicks said it -as difficult

to kIlGi for cOltCin but he thouqht the (irta ouid--bo available I-irssel~ a~krd 7 dCitn collection was [In objective 0 the Pl0jcc~ no lljcks- ~oidno

There a number of questions ith respcct to the capacity and capnbility of the lilodel In general it is thought that (1) The model could include

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

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bull (two or three r~9ions in a rather aggregate ~a~ne~ or deal specifically with middotone region including all the modu12s specifi~d on page 14 of the proposed plus subgroups middotlithin each (2) The model Iolild probably be best suited for usc in a ministry fo~ hath year to ye~r and longer te~ planning (3) It lwould not be a ~ubstltutQ for other approaches to agrlcultural sector pla~nlng (but might bette reflect th~ secondary costs and benefits of projects (4) It Iould not sho optiril1m reSlJurce Cllccation It as a siruiation rrodel rathcr than mDximjzction Irod1 (5) The recson for using hypothetical dtlta is that a neces~a)Y first step in making a ~odel operDtional is to determine that it is internally consistnt hen a researcher isn1t urking on a sp2cific country hypothetical data 8Jprcxirlating actuctl data is in gcnetal an effective prarticG

lr Ol~on corrncllted that the scope of I()II~ particularly items band c pr(~(~n(~J (In rii90 fnlll~ 1ilS unrlf71r It (lS ilQlerd thClt items band c llcre unshyclear and did not su9ucst any output Hicks thought thot itc~s b anc c imshyplied thilt th~ rodel liould be used to cOlp cvaluCite project marcgerncnt 2nd datu collecton Olson s2id it urpculed that the model liould be lIseful) but he thought Cutlltifyinj-tlw 1oCGl Iould be a ptcbler1 E~JJ~t scid that tr~ missions amprd lU r2 1 cicvclcpr01t pcople are [iOre interested n social structure and po~er and th3t lCRrning to use this mo~el would be t~king tim~ ~~ay frcm thei r prirary i nO~2rcst Ii ck~ rcspondcd that C1rEf~n (1 c iIcd that th s rode 1 would SCVG tii1~C by rcducrlgTflc- labor tir12 required for 1110)12 routi1l8 tasks

it iCI~ tImiddotliii-i L (d~r e middotIilr l~middotmiddot~middot rq middot- middotr 0l- ~~ 4 ji(l~~1

lor i ig s ~~ tllt t~~ ~ C~~l(l i~c~ icttldeg cv~i~~t(~d~nd ~ so -t~l middotle~cpmiddotti vi ty ~f-~ nri S S j 0 n s co u 1 ci be be tC e) c 1 C 11 r if i cd

Gascd on the outCIl-C of tho liircti n9 TAjPGpESr proposes

(1) to send the l)(~)jcct propostl to ID lirissions in JOloan Ghana ilnd Cos tQ Hi ca middotro l the i) reliC oj on s and to dctolmi ne if they

[ould be intcrC~tcd in palticip2ting in the P)ojcct

(2) requEst so~e additional discussion of the project at a late) meeting of the If(SP cC111ittee to assure that the vies of U AFR and RD arc discussed

(3) middotOased on the outcomes of (1) anci (2) (lbove decide whether or not to further develop the project proposal

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

TAlAGa Dr~ Leon P He bullbull er Auguat 13 197

TApru CArl n Fritz

PIoT ~xtendlnc RSSA cOHcEM -75 for PI 1976

A rIOor WEHJ rwlmlttcd to and Hirned hy the Pro~rDrn I1ff1ce in (l c t (l I r 1 9 7 l1 ( n tit 1 d I I r ~ - III n n i n ~ r 0 r a l r 0 j c c t to 0 V ~ 1 () j) 13 i-cthocolur for ~rr1p[Ednh lurCll DQv~lo~nent ~)roject9middot 7110

ISCC~l of dork cillled for C~npoundlIH to opcnttionpI1y iclt~ntiry ~Dd (t ~ f 1 r i c n 11 y d ( f in ~ the 0 v era 1 1 f 0 111s Oil d I u r P 0 ~ C G () f r u r rd dcvmiddoth)I1flrmiddot~t 1 ctnlinentecl y AID I EJ orlfnf (rOlll on tle Itlrl lCOT and [11111 rroll~J GO n l1t(llntllr~ eerch J ~lrltin(l up

I

to flv pro1ccta d~v(11np Lnd rc-fiuf (OflC~ptlli11 ro(elFi or frmHlshyvnrii3 tllHl ((clop plane (or qirlYll~~ [~ld testinf tlll~ flrlCmiddotJorL Iheto O[Ul 110 1ndictioll in tiltlt ltojr tTllt tlds H to H c cn~timdn(l Ftrtilty th~ hl(~r~(1 of ~4e123 fH~ -fthln tLc lbdtn e~Jn(jv(d for flP)11 pr(-plaunilf nctivi tfcll

He IwvC no rcccdve( 11 FY 7( 1107 for t77OOO t1n(~ tile TGl 1- 7( Pl()Imiddot-(middot rIVdLrLon rn01~rtctl t1l1r 1111))( H flrf~euro yr

lCttmiddotity it 11(lt Ilmiddotom inlo I) l1ojcct ty deln111t dthout hv-~~ one tlr(lll~~h ~ (gtvicgtmiddot jl1middotmiddotC(Ori The ~ttlt1chnd p(~middotor~l[lun

fl-(j72 Tlr~n PO~J1t~~ out Ui~ 11ffffcultfC9 Clll1rCc hy rucil 11 CoC(lllCfI

r1( JIOr Fdd~r uCfP to u~rirlcJlly d~f1lO c()nc(~fJlL l~li(c~t d hy tl(~ middotG)~l yet rtmiddot) ut11J hrmiddotr 8 liu~nter of GlIhntrtlt1vo u1d ptOCpoundiUTI cLiffltcucur _rl vlevpn1ut r(~~frdiH(~ tho ()t1middot~

h e r 0 C ( v n 1 (j 1 it C 11 e (~ J (in t 11 e r f1 r t 0 f ~ It C en f () r Po n n F r E e 1 C H t t 0

Cpoundl~r thcrmiddot to pltn tllfdr rmiddoterOllrc~t for tht~ lPltlnfHdcr Clf thtlt f n c ~ 1 ~ e i t fi n d (11 f P 1 (W c Ii t h n t t ( CiT El n t 1 c f p L1 t 0 a d r II f t r p (01 Pl eltiufv~l(Dt llPrer the rxr bullbull 1ledmiddot Pn)~trm) bull middoti ttlilamp tho ll(~gtt olth to en)blo full tPP1ovol b) 0ctouor lccort11nl~ly e (ro prEpHd to ~dgu the llor witl the tva follodnf~ UlHl(rctHIanffl t

( 1) T A R) Em 1 (I the r 1 n t e rcH~ t E d 0 f f ~ c e n AU C h IHl or A D A ohould 10 involved in tIle ltllv~lorr(Il1t of rllt~ hnft PP

(2) Fiold work viIi not ~octn until tho PP beo hoeu ccnplAt~d ~nd nrproved

Plonse lot Cit kco if YOll concur With this procedure

eel TAIRD cnnnkHe1nl TAPPU fMolfctto

Att

TAPPUJNCuun1n~8ma

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

Buy US Savings BmaJ Regularly Oilhe PaJroli SanampJ Plan 101Dmiddot1I0

- 2 -

The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

10

FROM

nshy

til U) -1 bull UNITED STATES GOr~NMENT

Memoranaum I

TAPpu Mr Carl R Fritr

lIe~ser~ TAAGR Leon F

SUDJECT PlaIr Extending RSSA COMCEN 3-75 for FY 1976

Ref Your ON AUBuS t 13

I concur lTith the procedure outlined in your memo

DATE August 18 1975

TO

FROJ

OPTIONAL rOil 0 10 LY bullbull 10n10 A bullbull C 10111 bullbull

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

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Memorandum TAAA Mr Curtis Farrar

TAPPU Mr JOh~ng D~E Nqvember 11 1976

SUBJECT ~1ethodology for Assessing Rural Development Proj ects

RE Your note dated 11176

Attached is a copy of a letter which Bill Merrill plans to send to BUCEN r frankly thought that I~e had taken this position last springwith regard to Septembor 30 1976 but somehow Dr Green and his Census supervisors didnt get the message As I understand it termination last month ould have left AID with no useful product and Census in financial bind

I didnt ask Dr ~leTlill or Hesser to respond specifically to each of your questions because of a gut feeling that it would not be productive to do 50 in Ught of pnst history Regarding the questions

1 RD invoJvfmcnt The original request from Dr Fletcher appeared to beTil1T1CJi(1Jrcof tile WorUng Gronp on the Rural Poer and Vas authorized in that spirit It later ensued that TARO was skeptical of the endeavor and had not endorsed it I checked with ~Ir Blankstein this Veek lie a)s they have been 1Cpt informed over the past two years hut have not been jnvolved probably because of their continuing sJcpticism rC[~llding Dr Greens 1gt011

2 Time Plan The attached letter deals Ivith both of these questions 3 HSSA trn1inatjon )0 time plan is speller out because ESP is dubious tha t -a project ltlctually IJill ensue (Bill feel s Green shOUld be given one fiTl~ I opportunity to lIork with AFR and see if they are willillg to usc his methodology in a test case) Regarding termination my only concern is that AGR reinforce the formal admonition with informal communication that lIe llIean it the TQ HSSA said the same thing and nothing happened

4 TAAGR eljminatc~d the word tentative as it appeared in the short explanations o~ objectives land 2 on page 2 of the PIOT The long versions of the objectives on page 5 still contain the word but in contexts where it maJes much more sense We wont obtain a uefinitive methodology in response to objective I but Census will produce during this extension a product summarizing its work to date In objective the Hord is used in the sense that the PIOT listing is illustrative

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments

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The ex post facto procedures do not apply to our relationships with other government agencies but explicitlyare limited to contractual activities In the case of continuing PASAs or RSSAs there is an explicit provision requiring advance notice of termination regardless of expiration dates This is an obvious loophole in the Agency approval system which Im not about to call to ~Ir ~1anns attention SERCO knows it

We recommend you approve the six month extension imd sign the attached memo to Dr Hesser

Attachments