19^th International CODATA Conference
Category: Economic Development

Study on Indicators for Research in Developing Countries: The Senegalese Case

Dr. Abdoulaye Gaye (senkou5@yahoo.fr)
Chairman, CODATA Senegal, Senegal

The study will demonstrate and contribute to the capabilities for sustainable development in West Africa by identifying and reviewing scientific end results that will help managers and policy-makers to make better informed decisions about activities in Senegal. It is expected that the study and the resulting online publication will help foster communication and interaction among a number of interested groups at the local and regional levels. The primary target audience includes scientists, data managers, educators, government and industry policy-makers, and NGOs working in Senegal and the West African region, and their counterparts and UNESCO who have similar interests in that specific region. A secondary, but also very important, audience includes similar categories of individuals in other African nations, as well as in other developing countries, who are concerned with using scarce resources for improved decision making in science-based sustainable development activities, particularly relating to agricultural and rural systems.