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Gustay Papanek, lecturer on Economics, has stepped down as director of Harvard's Development Advisory Service (DAS), and Lester E. Gordon, former deputy director, has succeeded him in the post...
...DAS is the so-called "activist" wing of the Center for International Affairs, an on-campus institute that performs independent research on foreign policy issues. Funded primarily by the Ford Foundation and the United Nations Development Group, the DAS advises governments of underdeveloped countries on economic matters. It has no connection with the U. S. government...
Head of the DAS since its founding in 1962, Papanek said last month that he was quitting because "it's a huge administrative job. I wanted to have more time for teaching and research." He plans to remain with the DAS in a non-administrative capacity...
This year, the DAS has teams of economic advisors in six countries: Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, and Pakistan. It will probably undertake other field projects in Africa, including one in Tanzania, in the near future, Gordon said last month...
...been converted and now behaves like an army of occupation." The hope of the Indonesian people for a better life after the overthrow of Sukaron's abusive political and economic policies has met with mass murders, political concentration camps, and massive American "aid" and investment. And where does the DAS stand among all this...