News
| Published date | 01 March 1959 |
| Date | 01 March 1959 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002085235902500117 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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planning
adviser
has
been
assigned
to
the
Mu-
nicipality
of
Djakarta,
Indonesia;
and
the
United
Nations
will
continue
to
provide
staff
for
the
Regional
Housing
Centre
in
Bandung
that
studies
the
problems
of
housing
in
hot,
humid
climates
throughout
the
region.
A
school
of
planning
at
Bandung
will
have
a
United
Nations
adviser.
The
United
Arab
Republic
and
the
Federation
of
the
West
In-
dies
seek
help
on
housing.
A
six-country
se-
minar
is
proposed
for
Asia
and
the
Far
East
for
officials
responsible
for
the
planning
and
administration
of
community
development
programmes.
Within
the
technical
framework
of
central
administrative
services,
a
dozen
countries
seek
help
in
improving
the
structure
and
adminis-
tration
of
taxes :
customs
( Bolivia,
Liberia),
valuation
for
property
taxation
(Ghana),
pro-
gramme-budgeting
(Chile),
tax
legislation
and
fiscal
policy
(Costa
Rica,
El
Salvador);
reor-
ganization
of
the
Budget
Bureau
and
Ministry
of
Finance
(Ecuador).
Another
series
of
countries,
from
Ghana
and
Libya
to
Argentine
and
Uruguay,
ask
for
ad-
vice
on
organization
and
methods.
Another
dozen
want
help
in
improving
their
personnel,
from
Nepal
to
Panama.
Of
particular
in-
terest
is
the
increasing
number
of
national
in-
stitutes
of
public
administration
for
which
the
United
Nations
is
asked
to
provide
visiting
instructors :
Brazil,
Ethiopia,
Honduras,
Ne-
pal,
Pakistan,
Turkey -
as
well
as
ESAPAC.
Another
group
of
countries
ask
principally
for
fellowships
to
enable
their
own
officials
to
observe
and
study
administration
elsewhere
-
from
Israel
and
Korea
to
Yugoslavia.
An
Asian
Regional
Seminar
is
proposed
on
the
internal
management
of
public
industrial
enterprises.
This
will
follow
by
five
years
an
earlier
Regional
Seminar
on
Public
Enterprise
conducted
by
the
International
Institute
of
Administrative
Sciences
for
the
United
Na-
tions,
which
resulted
in
the
volume
edited
by
A.
H.
Hanson,
published
by
IIAS
in
1955.
This
brief
review
does
not
include
the
re-
quests
for
help
in
improving
the
operations
of
specific
ministries
such
as
health,
education
or
agriculture.
While
the
requests
for
aid
mount,
it
appears
that
the
total
sum
to
be
made
available
by
pledges
of
Governments
outside
the
normal
United
Nations
budget,
will
not
exceed
the
amount
for
1958
-
about
$32,000,000.
’
*
News
ARGENTINA
The
Advanced
Institute
for
Public
Admin-
istration
(ISAP),
which
has
been
receiving
United
Nations
technical
assistance
since
June
1956,
has
been
put
in
charge
of
the
direction
and
control
of
the
Administrative
Rational-
ization
and
Austerity
Plan,
recently
approved
by
the
Government.
The
main
purpose
of
this
programme
is
to
reduce
unnecessary
pub-
lic
expenditures
and
to
increase
administrative
efficiency
through
training
and
0
&
M.
A
public
relations
campaign
has
also
been
laun-
ched
to
enlist
support
for
the
Plan
and
a
Per-
sonal
Delegate
of
the
President
has
been
ap-
pointed
as
General
Co-ordinatot‘.
BOLIVIA
The
Swiss
expert
on
Customs
Administra-
tion,
Mr.
E.
Philippin,
was
appointed
last
De-
cember,
for
one
year,
by
the
Bureau
of
Tech-
nical
Assistance
Operations
of
the
United
Na-
tions,
as
adviser
to
the
Bolivian
Government.
BRAZIL
Mr.
L.
Ronchi
(Italy),
an
expert
in
the
United
Nations
programme,
has
finished
the
preparation
of
a
training
course
for
Admin-
istrative
Analysts,
which
will
be
attended
by
senior
officials
of
the
Northeast
Bank,
main-
ly
those
interested
in
the
fields
of
Work
Ana-
lysis,
0
&
M
and
Cost
Accounting.
This
activity
has
been
co-ordinated
with
the
cour-
ses
already
in
operation
in
the
field
of
Person-
nel
Administration,
under
the
general
guid-
ance
of
another
United
Nations
expert,
Mr.
Jan
Groot
(Netherlands).
The
President
of
the
Bank
is
supporting
these
training
schemes
with
great
interest.
The
organisation
of
a
Public
and
Business
Administration
School
has
been
planned
to
serve
the
Area
of
the
North
East
and
to
provide
the
technical
per-
sonnel
needed
to
further
its
development.
BRITISH
SOMALILAND
The
United
Kingdom
Secretary
of
State
for
the
Colonies
has
stated
that
there
are
now
3,981
Somalis
employed
by
the
Protectorate
Government.
Of
these,
50
are
receiving
ad-
vanced
training
abroad,
while
a
further
65
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