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The organization <strong>and</strong> f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>research</strong> 765<br />

LATIN AMERICA. Number <strong>and</strong> level <strong>of</strong> <strong>research</strong> workers <strong>in</strong> 38 <strong>social</strong> <strong>research</strong> centres<br />

(1965)<br />

Argent<strong>in</strong>a<br />

Brazil<br />

Chile<br />

Colombia<br />

El Salvador<br />

Mexico<br />

Peru<br />

Uruguay<br />

Venezuela<br />

Total<br />

Centres Senior<br />

<strong>research</strong><br />

workers<br />

9<br />

I1<br />

4<br />

3<br />

I<br />

6<br />

I<br />

I<br />

2<br />

38<br />

61<br />

33<br />

24<br />

IO<br />

I<br />

35<br />

I<br />

3<br />

I2<br />

I80<br />

Junior<br />

<strong>research</strong><br />

workers<br />

68<br />

36<br />

59<br />

29<br />

2<br />

23<br />

I<br />

I<br />

I1<br />

230<br />

Total<br />

<strong>research</strong><br />

workers<br />

129<br />

69<br />

83<br />

39<br />

3<br />

58<br />

2<br />

4<br />

23<br />

LATIN AMERICA. Discipl<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> <strong>research</strong> workers <strong>in</strong> 31 <strong>social</strong> <strong>research</strong> centres (1965)<br />

Sociologists<br />

Planners, ecologists, eng<strong>in</strong>eers, etc.<br />

Economists<br />

Social anthropologists<br />

Ethnographers<br />

Psychologists<br />

Statisticians<br />

Historians<br />

Demographers<br />

Physical anthropologists<br />

Legal specialists<br />

Political scientists<br />

Folklore specialists<br />

Archaeologists<br />

Total<br />

410<br />

104<br />

51<br />

38<br />

I7<br />

IO<br />

8<br />

6<br />

6<br />

5<br />

5<br />

3<br />

3<br />

2<br />

I<br />

nomics <strong>and</strong> related discipl<strong>in</strong>es. It is also common for people whose ma<strong>in</strong><br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g has been <strong>in</strong> eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> who have sometimes extended <strong>the</strong>ir skills<br />

<strong>in</strong>to operational <strong>research</strong> <strong>and</strong> various types <strong>of</strong> plann<strong>in</strong>g to play a prom<strong>in</strong>ent<br />

part <strong>in</strong> this work <strong>in</strong> countries such as Mexico. Had <strong>the</strong>se organizations been<br />

<strong>in</strong>cluded, <strong>the</strong> miscellaneous category which covers <strong>the</strong>m <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> above table would<br />

have ranked first. The follow<strong>in</strong>g report from Venezuela will serve to illustrate<br />

this side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> picture:IoO<br />

Research is conducted on a permanent basis <strong>in</strong> sectors directly relevant to <strong>the</strong> country’s<br />

economic policy, such as agricultural production, petroleum production, <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

trade, money <strong>and</strong> bank<strong>in</strong>g. At <strong>the</strong> present time, regional <strong>research</strong> programmes for<br />

plann<strong>in</strong>g purposes are <strong>in</strong> h<strong>and</strong> such as those prosecuted by <strong>the</strong> Corporacibn de Desar-<br />

rollo de 10s Andes <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Consejo Zuliano de Planificacibn. These two bodies which<br />

both commission <strong>research</strong> <strong>and</strong> conduct it <strong>the</strong>mselves, were established at <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>stance<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> national government to promote <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir respective regions. At<br />

national level, <strong>the</strong> Ofic<strong>in</strong>a Central de Coord<strong>in</strong>acibn y Planificacibn de la Presidencia<br />

de la RBpublica (CORDIPLAN) <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Banco Central de Venezuela, have permanent<br />

diagnostic <strong>research</strong> programmes - for <strong>the</strong> orientation <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> first case <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> National<br />

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