text: (a)Assistance toAfrican countries inestablishing orstrengthening national, subregional andregional centres fortechnology, including anadvance technology alertsystem, andinenhancing thesystemofdeveloping qualified science andtechnology humanresources, including women; (b)Studies onprinciples oftechnological policy-making andplanning for development, technological assessment intheprocess ofacquisition andtransfer of technology; (c)Technical assistance toAfrican countries andrelevant regional and subregional institutions, suchastheAfrican Regional CentreforTechnology, the African Regional Organization forStandardization, andothers, indevelopment and implementation oftheprojects oftheirspecific concern; (d)Dissemination ofinformation onscience andtechnology inspecific fields ofscience toAfrican countries, inparticular through seminars, workshops, study toursandotherrelevant mechanisms. SUBPROGRAMME 16.POPULATION (a)Objectives 30.109 Thelegislative authority forthesubprogramme derives fromGeneral Assembly, Economic andSocialCouncil andEconomic Commission forAfrica resolutions, themostrecent andpertinent ofwhichareAssembly resolutions 42/186 and44/169; Council resolutions 1989/89, 1989/90, 1989/91, 1989/92 and1989/93; and Commission resolution 506(XIX). 30.110 Therehavebeenmarked changes recently amongmanymemberStatesintheir perception ofpopulation issuesascentral tosocio-economic development planning, andattempts arebeingmadeatformulating population policies withintheframework oftheirdevelopment plans. Unfortunately, dataconstraints, lackofadequately -26-- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarydeveloped methodologies, ashortage ofadequately trained personnel todealwith population anddevelopment issues, aswellasweakornon-existent mechanisms to facilitate theflowofpopulation andrelated information neededforsocio-economic planning, prevented successful implementation ofpopulation policies. 30.111 Moreover, methodologica~ problems related todatacollection, analysis and useoffindings inpolicyformulation remainmajorconstraints totheintegration ofpopulation variables intodevelopment planning. Owingtothoseproblems, a numberofAfrican countries haveexperienced difficulties inanalyses ofcensuses undertaken duringthe1980sandinpreparation ofcensuses tobeundertaken during the1990s. Muchmorehastobedonefortraining ofpersonnel inthefieldof population, inparticular through betterutilization ofexisting training facilities intheregion. 30:112 Theobjectives ofthesubprogramme are: (a)Tofacilitate theintegration ofpopulation factors intosocio-economic development planning intheregion; (b)Toassist ECAmembers informulating andimplementing relevant population programmes andpolicies, inevaluating familyplanning programmes, inestablishing orstrengthening national population information systems, andinanalysing and utilizing demographic data,aswellasintraining ofrelated personnel. (b)CourseofactionoftheSecretariat 30.113 Assistance intheformulation andimplementation ofrelevant population programmes andpolicies willbeprovided through regional advisory services, upon request. Assistance willalsobeprovided insetting uppopulation unitsin planning offices, establishing population commissions, andorganizing studytours incountries withsuccessful population programmes andpolicies. 30.114 TheSecretariat willundertake studies, research andanalyses ofspecific issuesinthefieldofpopulation data,suchasfertility, mortality, withemphasis oninfant andchildmortality, urbanization, population distribution and redistribution andmigration, familyplanning andbirth-spacing programmes, the integration ofpopulation variables indevelopment planning, population policies, theroleandstatusofwomen,population andenvironment, andtheirrelation to
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the development and implementation of population policies and programs in African countries, with a specific emphasis on science and technology, human resources, and socio-economic development planning. It seems to be addressing the need for better data collection, analysis, and utilization of demographic data, as well as the training of personnel in the field of population. This suggests that the category should be related to development and planning, with a focus on human resources and population.