In the Africa region, Ghana and Nigeria have benefited from the program. Foundation officials indicated that they would be interested in setting up a similar programme in Ethiopia. Government departments, parastatals, research institutions, development corporations, banks, NGOs, international funding agencies, donors and United Nations organisations are listed and their addresses provided. Food Science and Technology Abstracts is a specialised database maintained by IFIS, based in Frankfurt. Food processing, food products and economic and legislation are covered in the database which has nearly half a million records.
Abstracts is available in print, online and on magnetic tape and compact disc.
In addition, there is an MA in Institutional Development for workers in development organisations who require a Masters' degree grounded in on work-based learning. All the programmes are aimed at staff in development organisations, principally those based in Africa, Asia and Latin America. An article on why the public sector in developing countries needs access to computer networks appears in African Technology Forum, vol. The following are some recent entries into the PADdev bibliographic data base on social and economic aspects of development in Africa. First time users of the databases are recommended to study the help information provided on the introductory menus, as very little help is available when searching.