SZ/ORC/3/3 - Panel on Research in Africa
Reference code
SZ/ORC/3/3
Level of description
Sub-file
Title
Panel on Research in Africa
Date/s
1958-1960
Quantity & Format
Three sub-sub files
Scope and content
The Panel on Research in Africa was established in 1959 "to provide a forum for liaison and collaboration with the Panel under Dr Noyes, which had been established by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in order to advise the International Co-operation Administration (I.C.A.) on the means by which scientific and technological assistance could be provided to assist in the progress of the less well-developed countries in Africa" [minutes of first meeting, 5.3.59].
The US government regarded overseas aid to developing countries as a means of forestalling the growth of the influence of the USSR in these countries. The establishment of the Panel followed a programme of informal meetings in London in late January 1959 between Sir Alexander Todd, SZ, and the chairmen of the research councils and representatives of the ICA and the Rockefeller Foundation.
The US government regarded overseas aid to developing countries as a means of forestalling the growth of the influence of the USSR in these countries. The establishment of the Panel followed a programme of informal meetings in London in late January 1959 between Sir Alexander Todd, SZ, and the chairmen of the research councils and representatives of the ICA and the Rockefeller Foundation.