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STRENGTHENING LOCAL RESOURCES Panel Report on Training and Support Needs The Population Council, with funding from the Mellon Foundation, was responsible for undertaking a major needs assessment of the training and support of population scientists in developing countries. This assessment was undertaken by a distinguished outside advisory panel under the chairmanship of Jane Menken, professor of sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, with the support of Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jude Lam-Garrison as fellowship coordinator, and Ann K. Blanc as senior consultant. The other panel members were Jane Bertrand (Johns Hopkins University), John Cleland (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Alex Chika Ezeh (African Population and Health Research Center), Chai Podhisita (Mahidol University), Hoda Rashad (American University of Cairo), Luis Rosero-Bixby (University of Costa Rica), Michael White (Brown University), and Tukufu Zuberi (University of Pennsylvania). The panel’s findings and recommendations were published in 2002 (Training and Support of Developing-Country Population Scientists: A Panel Report, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd, eds.). A summary of the report was translated into French and Spanish. The report is based on extensive qualitative and quantitative research including focus group interviews, commissioned case studies of key countries, and data from former Population Council fellows. A range of topics is covered including: (1) the discipline of population science and how it is changing; (2) the job market and career opportunities; (3) the funding landscape; (4) an evaluation of current training programs in relation to needs; and (5) alternative models for training and capacity building. Population Council researcher Cynthia B. Lloyd Non-Council collaborators Jane Menken (chair) (Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder) Jane Bertrand (Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health) Ann K. Blanc (Blancroft Research International) John Cleland (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Alex Chika Ezeh (African Population and Health Research Center) Chai Podhisita (Mahidol University) Hoda Rashad (American University of Cairo) Luis Rosero-Bixby (University of Costa Rica) Michael White (Brown University) Tukufu Zuberi (University of Pennsylvania) Donors DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ritchie Reed Foundation |
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