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I Irevlew July UNCU.SSIFIED CLASSIF ICATIciN Report Cancrol PHOJECT EVALUATION SUMMARY (PES) - PART I Symbol l}.4I; 7 1. ?RO:ECT TITLE 12. PROJECT NU/Y'BER 3. M,SSION/AIO/W OF f' ICE ;..gri.cul cural Economic Research and i 664-237.1 , 664-228 TuNIS I anc 66!.-!. 7.::! Pl2nni~g (664-0237.1) 1':'. E V,.l.L.\.J':"7l0f\.; NuMBER (enter tn a numoer m8tnl.all"lec OY tne Lcono8ics Lducation (664-0237.2) reporting \..Init e.Q . COuntry or AIOM Administrati .... e COde, Fae,1 Yeor, Sdrlol No. beginning """n NC\. 1 each FY) 32-2 ~~nagemenr Education (664-0228) I 1 E:nd of ?roj ect ----- I L Rx,§O(KmEVALUATION 0 SPECIAL EVALUATION 5. .;,,) ??:) _ E C T I."~? L EM E '" T ;.. T i C:--" 0;' T E S II c. EST 1M;, TEO FRO j E C T 1 7, i' E RIO 0 CO" ERE 0 BYE Y A L u A T ION A F , r11 B. Final C. Final FUNDING I From (month/yr.) '961--____ ?i'!O·;'C; ::>r Ooli~3tion in" ... t I A. TOlal S 9 ? 70 000 ' 1 981 EC:; .."Hvalent Expecte-c Delivery , • I To (montt\/yr.) , ;:v-.iL7 ry--'L8 FY 8. U.S, s 5,055,000 'CateofEValu.tlon 1982 ________________• I IRevlew July. , 8. ACTION DECISIOr-;S APPROVED BY MISSION OR AIO.W OFFICE OIRECTOR B. NAME OF A. ltSt ~C I:\IOfH lnfl/Ol unresol .... eCl Iss~es. ; Cite thos.~ items neeo,nQ furt('\t!f SC"\.. Hly. C. 0,\ Te .l.CT ION OFFICER : N OT E: Mluion oecis.lons whiCh anticipate Al DI W or reg_oral oH'ce a.:tlon should TO BE RESPONS 18 I..E COMPLETED <peelfy 1'(08 of Clu~umant , e .g., a"gram. SPAR, PIO,wnich will pr~ ... nt Cleuilad reQua.t.) FOR ACTION Ai though these proj ec ts have now been c.omple ted the IThes~ recommend1tions will be following observa tions gained from them can be applied to !taken into conqderac ion as the afly :; o~ect in \Jhich institution building and the ;Tunis mission d1Signs efforts r1evP.J..upment of lasting ties to American institutions are Ito complem~nt at d consolidate amorg the purposes: lour investment in the developu 10 f Tunisia. He ever, s inee the~ 1. The time during which the ties between American Ilrecommendations1~3Y be of gener, insritu:ions and the fledgling institution in a use tD others d signing similar developing cc~ntry are supported by A.I.D. must be I pl'o .~ .~:.: !-.::; in the~future in long enough to provide a tho'.ough opportunity for ins titution building anJ p~rtic ~ successful and ?e~~Bnent integration into the Iitraining, we ha~'e not designate( pro f ess ional (and espec ially American) internet. Ways jspecific office'l' responsible fOl o f pro~oting an active interface between the new I . d . f' ~ 1 . .action. inst~tution an toe ore~gn proressiona co~un~ty I ! I I s~o uld be e ncouraged. including periodic workshops an2 I ! sel:;i,,;:;rs, continueJ access to timel.y rnaterials I I (e . g. journals and periodicals) and staff exchanges. i I I . 2. Special ,:'are shol.,ld be tak.en for the future funding of I'. co:"tac:: ::iechanisI:ls re<1,uiring foreign exchonge such as for e ign journals or conferences. Fundi~g for these s~ou~d je reciuced ~r adually, phasing in host country ;, . A.=,J .. 5houl~ consider support co locally published !, .=CL!~:1aJ..5, :-'.0: -.J nl:: :: 0 i.nc-;:ease cCC=:L!:1icatio n a nd i , ':':-:'::cr:aci:-,g- 3::10n:' c::e. ".ern; vces_'~~ c';. "n .. d~S-~ ';'"'1~ ., -'~:1e reci?ient I! I' - II country and :: 0 p r0 v i~e a :or~~ to test 3~j re~&:J t~ei~ I ::' ~c a s~nd ;:Jer:2?cions, ~ ut 2.1so tu Drovide '" ':Jasis for iL.brarv exchangEj. J . ." ..' =- ":-::J;"-~ !' :-:;;: .:; CC;... ··~·1= ;\. 7S 7:: 3E . ~ = \r ·$c a ?~~ .:..SC:... :: OEC ~SI O"'S ~ If}. ALTE~NATIVE wEC lSiONS :J N FUTURE I O F PROJECT :mplemf""'Itdt;on Pla n ::>rCI\!C! ~a~·; r ~ rl t!.;j , . C? ! ,'\;t!tV.I)(If. 01r,er ; ::;p~eify\ I A . Continue Wltnout Chanq9 ~ L~ 0 Prc:ec~ n'--.J 1", I U F i ndnc :a l ?t3n r' J ~O / T ! B. 0 Change Prolecl DUlon and/or r-l Chan" .. ImplementAtion PI.n , i '_og lc"l F 'ar,"'IO~vork P.,JiC Otnvr !SP9C:ly) 1' 0 "--' C.J 0 I C ? r o ,Ect Agreement [J ?IOIP IC. 0 Discontinue ProJecl I I • 1: . ~"C;c EC; :::lFc :C!::n AND "OST C:JUNTRY OR OTrlER RANo<. : ~.G P;'.i1T ~ ~S ~ r·pqCPR!A7E ( NarrH!! dnc 7!tles) , T 'I D~C N 3""3 I I .~u.ch t e t' / ~ " , ! .~ 4. Participants shoul d be selecced befvre de parture for placemenL in specific ppsitions, f o r which they are :~en trained. Both the host government and the participants should be comrr.itted to final placem~nt in the target positions for at least a certain minimum period oi tiI::e (e. g. five years). Thi.s corn.mitment to a position and institutio~ should be continuously reaffirmed (e.g. by participant­ employer contracts) throughout the training period. Failure to meet this co~nitment should result in a penalty (i.e. repayment to the U.S. government) unless A.I.D. concurs in the departure from the project pLm. 5. Cu l :ural orientation sessions before departing the home ccuntry are very i~portant. For8er students who have studied in the U.S. should partici?at2 in this orientation. G. Candidates for training in the U.S. should be carefully screened for emo tional rna turi ty. They should normally possess at 1e2.s t the "maitrise" (o r B.A. equivalent). I. c.s. degree equivalency should be established as a prerequisite to cny tra:"ning ?rograus where the posst:ssion of a recognized degree is a nor~l prerequisite to professional use of the training received. ?rojects should not be used as levers to trigger changes in a country's degree accreditation system. -]- This " end-cf-projeet" evaluation exacined three participant training prcjeets ',;hieh wtre funded by the USAID/Tunisia mission from 1967-1978. Each of the projects was intended to increase the institutional capabilities of the Government of Tunisia in eccnomics education and agriculture. They each involved the training of Tuni5ians in the U.S. at the graduate level and technical assistance including class room teaching by U.S. professors in Tunisia. Specifically, the Education Economics and Management Education projects aimed at introducing modern busines,<; and management practices on the America:) model and neo- classical econoITlic principles into the curriculum of the University of Tunis. The Ministry of Agriculture project aimed at developing effective agriculture sector policies based on economic analysis to achieve sustained agricultural growth. Because of the similarity of project purpose and projected outputs among the three they were evaluated simultaneously. The evaluation was divided into two parts. The first part: included an examination of the perception of the U.S. universities toward the projects. This part was conducted by Dr. Galen Hull of the Pragma Corporation. The second pe.rt was focused on the degree to which the projects achieved cheir stated purposes . This part was conducted in T~nisia by Dr. Tahar El Amouri and Dr. Abderrazak ~lar of the El Anouri Institute of Applied Psychology, a Tunisian consulting fi=~. The strategy of contracting with a loca l consulting firm ~nd a U.S.-based fir~ under an rQc arrangement to work together pi_ved to be effeccive. The three projects produ c ~ d so~e notable research efforts, beth within the institutions and by individuals. Generally speaking, however. (~~ l~yel ~i research aod ?ublieation is still far below ~hat the forcer ;::5::-:i.:i;n:1cs t:-te:::selves \';oulc 11;';'e. CT.1e ;:esul t is that. 2.t the pur-pose lc\'c~) :':--.12 USc c: ~c!er~ eX? l icir.ly-3.r:~ct!lat2 · ~ c?(.or.ocic a~alysis tec:-::-i:'ques in ;overn::ier:::, business, and agricultural policy for::.ation is noc yet ?ervasive. The techniques are, howeve::-, becoming more " ' ld Bore w:'des?read and ::aught in a g;:ow ing nc.coer of schools. If more and better resca:-c:-, :'5 ?!'"ocL:cc::a, ~ore USE: ·,.;i1.1 ~e \:.ace of it. Unforcunacely, there are f e '.J i :'. C e:1 t i'.} e s ~ 0 d 0 res e 3. r c: h, g :>; en the d e rr:.a n d sen : i r.J.e 0 f fa cuI t y members of heavy ceaching loads and the scarcity o f research resources. ~ny former ?articipants sai.d they fel.t cut off from new developments within their disciplines, especially those in the Englj~h-speaking world. Each of the three projects i~tended to or ga nize a specialized. :echnical library irl the field .... hich it services: agricultural economics, business manage:nent and gener.:!l econooics . At the Institut Superieur de Gestion, the USAID project not only provided most of the books written in English available to the Institute but also a Tunisian participant who had received a rr.asters degree in library scie:1ce. However, the library lacks the periodicals and r efe rence books one find s in U.S. business schools a~d ne~ acquisitions have s:o ...
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