Technical Assistance Administration Research Articles

Co-creative technical assistance: essential functions and interim outcomes

Background A large national technical assistance (TA) centre in the US provides TA to Head Start regions to help strengthen their use of implementation science frameworks. In administration of TA to regions, the centre has used a ‘co-creation’ model. Aims and objectives This paper describes the co-creative TA approach, including level of dosage (frequency and duration) provided, and interim outcomes achieved. Methods The descriptive paper relies on secondary data analyses of information gathered in the course of delivering the technical assistance. The information gathered included observations of events, surveys, and listening sessions with TA participants. Findings Analyses revealed that the TA providers were successful in the provision of co-created TA and that interim outcomes of trust, mutual accountability, and some integration of implementation science concepts into ongoing regional work were achieved. Discussion and conclusions The TA providers succeeded in delivering TA that was perceived by both observers and participants as involving participants and being tailored to their settings and needs. Limitations include a small sample that was selected based on interest and readiness for engaging in TA and descriptive analyses that did not allow for claims of causality. The promising co-creation approach deserves additional exploration and may provide guidance to others designing technical assistance.

Forging Modern States with Imperfect Tools: United Nations Technical Assistance for Public Administration in Decolonized States

This article examines United Nations (UN) programs of technical assistance for public administration as a ‘technology of stateness’ during the postwar period of decolonization (roughly 1945-1965). Drawing on the wider modernization and development literature as well as original research in the UN Archives, the article shows how the Public Administration Division of the UN’s Technical Assistance Administration connected with a larger network of actors interested in promoting public administration reforms in decolonized states, including other international organizations, private actors (including charitable foundations and professional associations), state agencies, and national elites. The article further analyzes the rationalities and technologies advanced by UN technical assistance in this field, finding a complex picture whereby the advice given and actions taken by UN officials suggested both a tendency towards centralization of state of power and a movement of power away from the state. In doing so, the article highlights continuities between postwar development and the ‘neoliberal’ practices of development management that emerged towards the end of the twentieth century. A revised version of this article is forthcoming in Humanity Journal, 2020.

Documenting water (fluid) from dewatering process as the most strategic product in drilling operations in order to make fluid and improve its rheological properties in line with environmental standards for reuse of wastewater

Drilling operations, like any other industrial activity, at the end of the operation employed dumps waste, wastewater to the environment, and if there is no planning for treatment and their elimination, in long-term this can have adverse effects on the environment. Assessment and recognition of the effects of drilling fluids is an acceptable and logical method for making a suggestion to reduce the probable injuries and damages resulting from the disposal and the drilling to the environment. In addition, one of the most important factors in reducing the negative environmental effects of waste is correct management. So that sometimes the cost required for the removal of pollution or controlling emissions of waste significantly decreases with proper and innovative management, and all the waste caused by the washing of the reservoir, well reservoirs, adjacent area of pumps and equipment related to wells enter water run-off and after entering into the storage basin, the solid settles there and its liquid phase enters dewatering to do operations and water treatment units. Moreover, at a later stage to decide whether dewatering water is appropriate for dilution or making clay or not, depends on the results of rheological water mixture and drilling fluid (1). If the desired mixture had appropriate rheological properties after treatment, dewatering water can be used. (According to the environmental standards of water reuse and wastewater returned in accordance with the agenda of the Technical Office of the Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Monitoring, suitable Dewatering Water is the one that does not make rheological change properties more than 50% in the of the fluid). In this study, a number of drilling machines will be used in defined projects to the amount of waste in order to make use of the standards and to improve the rheological properties of the fluid examine (Islamic Republic of Iran Iran's vice president of strategic planning and monitoring, the Office of Strategic Technical Assistance Administration, 2010).

Development advisors in a time of cold war and decolonization: the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration, 1950–59

AbstractThe United Nations Technical Assistance Administration (TAA) was the world organization’s main body for development advice throughout the 1950s. In technical assistance, the UN found a global mission at a time when its peace and security functions seemed ineffective. Technical assistance experts preached the need for less developed countries to plan and modernize. This process has been studied with regard to American modernization theory, but the important role of the UN as an autonomous diplomatic actor has been less visible. The UN was a relatively acceptable source of technical assistance for many governments. Among them was Indonesia, which welcomed UN help for its State Planning Bureau. TAA aid to the Planning Bureau advanced the interests of both organizations but both failed to institutionalize themselves enough to survive the decade. Both, however, left important legacies: the TAA for UN development thinking, and the Planning Bureau for the Indonesian developmentalist state.

Modern Missionaries: Canadian Postwar Technical Assistance Advisors in Southeast Asia

Postwar Canadian approaches to Asia were often in the non-governmental realm, drawing on the country’s missionary heritage. While diplomats in Ottawa worked for pro-Western states in the political realm, Canadian policies on economic development also aimed at building new states in the Canadian image. Canadians in government, transnational and non-governmental positions offered their own country as a model The international experts called together by the UN Technical Assistance Administration were central to Canadian postwar hopes and aspirations. The Administration, headed by Canadian civil servant Hugh Keenleyside, also included staff member George Cadbury, previously director of the Saskatchewan CCF government’s Economic Planning Board. It was individual Canadian technical advisers like these who offered the hands-on advice and played the crucial role in shaping policy taken by Southeast Asian states. These “modern missionaries” imagined themselves as part of a transnational community, one in which Canada could play a leadership role by being an active member of multilateral organizations. This paper examines the experience and role of postwar Canadian technical advisers in Southeast Asia, drawing on selected cases from the 1950s and 1960s. After considering the influence of the Canadian Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) on the idea of planning, it looks at F.R. Scott, the Montreal law professor and poet who served as the first UN Technical Assistance Resident Representative in Burma; Benjamin Higgins, the McGill economist who served as first financial advisor for the Indonesian National Planning Bureau; and J.T. Cawley, the Saskatchewan deputy minister of natural resources who was chief petroleum advisor to the Indonesian government.

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Land Reform and Economic Development. By PETER DORNER. Penguin Books. Controlled Environment Agriculture: A Global Review of Greenhouse Food Production. By DANA G. DALRYMPLE. U.S.D.A. Agricultural Expansion in the United Kingdom with Declining Manual Labour Resources. By A. P. POWER and S. A. HARRIS. Government Economic Service Principles of Farm Business Analysis and Management. By ROBERT O'CONNOR. Irish University Press Linear Programming Applications to Agriculture. By R. R. BENEKE and R. WINTERBOER. Iowa State University Press Financial Management in Agriculture. By JOHN A. HOPKINS, PETER J. BARRY and C. B. BAKER. Interstate Printers and Publishers, Danville, Illinois. Cost Factors of Agriculture. By K. N. SINGH et al. National Institute of Bank Management (India), Bombay. Agricultural Product Prices. By W. G. TOMEK and K. L. ROBINSON. Cornell University Press. Agricultural Marketing and Prices. By KEITH O. CAMPBELL. Cheshire, Melbourne. Natural Rubber and the Synthetics. By P. W. ALLEN. Crosby Lockwood, London. Technical Assistance Administration in East Africa. Edited by YASHPAL TANDON. The Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Stockholm. Joe Duncan ‐ The Scottish Farm Servants and British Agriculture. By J. H. SMITH. Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh.

Technical Assistance Administration in East Africa

Technical Assistance Administration in East Africa

Some Problems of Technical Assistance Administration in Developing Countries

Some Problems of Technical Assistance Administration in Developing Countries

Some Sociocultural Factors in the Administration of Technical Assistance and Training in Health

Cultural change in the Middle East has been very rapid in the last fifty years, especially since World War I. These changes are probably most evident with regard to the expansion of Western educational programs which have had a profound effect on the various social relationships as they exist at community and family levels. They have had an effect on the prevailing values and practices of the Middle East. This article discusses some of the author's observations on the interrelationships of these changes and certain considerations which should be given to them by those concerned with the administration and practical application of technical assistance, especially in the administration of health services and the training of health personnel.

Agricultural Policy, Politics, and the Public Interest Suggestions for Additional Reading

lumbia University Press, 1956. Cleveland, Harlan and Gerard J. Mangone (Editors). The Art of Overseasmanship. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1957. Cleveland, Harlan, Gerard J. Mangone, and John Clarke Adams. The Overseas Americans. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1960. Glick, Philip M. The Administration of Technical Assistance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957. Hickman, C. Addison. Our Farm Program and Foreign Trade: A Conflict of National Policies. New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1949. Johnson, D. Gale. Price Policy and International Trade. Essays in International Finance. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954. . Trade and Agriculture: A Study of Inconsistent Policies. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1950. Liska, George. The New Statecraft. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960 (reviewed in this issue). Mosher, Arthur T. Technical Cooperation in Latin America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1956. Smith, Mervin G. et al. Increasing Understanding of Public Programs and Policies. The Farm Foundation, Chicago and the Center for Agricultural Economic Adjustment, Iowa State University, Ames, 1959. Weidner, Edward W. et al. The Intertional Programs of American Universities. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1958.

Form and Function in Technical Assistance AdministrationThe Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas. Philip M. Glick

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsForm and Function in Technical Assistance Administration The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas. Philip M. Glick Emil J. SadyEmil J. Sady Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 8, Number 3Apr., 1960 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/449849 Views: 2Total views on this site Copyright 1960 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas. By Philip M. Glick. National Planning Association Studies of Technical Co-Operation in Latin America. Chicago, Ill.: The University of Chicago Press [Toronto: University of Toronto Press]. 1957. Pp. xx, 390. $5.50. - Volume 24 Issue 4

Ad Astra per Aspera: Meditations on the Ecology of Technical Assistance Administration

Ad Astra per Aspera: Meditations on the Ecology of Technical Assistance Administration

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas. By Philip M. Glick. (National Planning Association Studies of Technical Co-operation in Latin America.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957. Pp. xix, 390. $5.50.

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas. By Philip M. Glick. (National Planning Association Studies of Technical Co-operation in Latin America.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957. Pp. xix, 390. $5.50. - Volume 18 Issue 2

The Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas.Philip M. Glick

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsThe Administration of Technical Assistance: Growth in the Americas. Philip M. Glick John BiesanzJohn Biesanz Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 63, Number 5Mar., 1958 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/222333 Views: 1Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Personnel Appeal Procedure: A Comparative Study in Personnel Administration: Prepared in the Public Administration Division, United Nations Technical Assistance Administration

This study is based on material obtained from authoritative sources in each country; however it is not in any sense an official document either of the United Nations or of the Governments concerned.

Administrative Problems of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration

Public AdministrationVolume 33, Issue 3 p. 241-268 Administrative Problems of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration H. L. Keenleyside, H. L. Keenleyside Mr. Keenleyside's study was awarded the Silver Medal and the first prize in the Haldane Essay Competition, 1954. The author is Director-General of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration.Search for more papers by this author H. L. Keenleyside, H. L. Keenleyside Mr. Keenleyside's study was awarded the Silver Medal and the first prize in the Haldane Essay Competition, 1954. The author is Director-General of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1955 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1955.tb01452.xCitations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume33, Issue3September 1955Pages 241-268 RelatedInformation

Some Problems in the Organization and Administration of Public Enterprises in the Industrial Field

Documents Selected from the Material Prepared for a United Nations Seminar Held in Rangoon from March 15th to March 26th. 1954Under the Auspices of The Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East The United Nations Technical Assistance Administration The International Institute of Administrative Sciences The Seminar dealt with the Organization and Aministration of Public Enterprises in the Industrial Field. *)