UNESCO pub. Comparison of the institutional framework and efficiency of government agencys concerned with technology and science policy making in West Africa - covers integration of science and technology into development planning, research and development activities, financing, obstacles and prospects; mentions recommendations of July 1982 conference; includes member states reports. Bibliography, organigrams, statistical tables.

The contributors to this volume present a broad canvas of science and technology policies as instruments of social and economic development, record the progress that has been made, and identify and analyze the problems that remain to be solved. Contributors are Aqueil Ahmad, Charles H. Davies, Thomas Owen Eisemon, John W. Forje, Jacques Gaillard, Eric L. Hyman, John E. Udo Ndebbio, Fola Osotimehin, Aaron Segal, Scott Tiffin, Paul B. Vitta, and Roland Waast.