ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the major evaluations of training and training needs in Africa and summarize the main findings. In addition to broad studies, there have also been a number of specific evaluation studies of individual courses or country programmes. The chapter also discusses the conclusions from some of these studies and presents a series of ‘principles’ for effective training which logically follow from the above evaluations of negative and positive results. In 1984 and 1985, the United States Agency for International Development financed a report by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration on the management training needs for the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference. The Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) has developed a management training centre for agriculture at Mananga in Swaziland. The positive evaluation of the CDC-sponsored Mananga Agricultural Management Training Center in Swaziland proves that good training can be effective in changing on-the-job behaviour.
