CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS                                                         Academic Year 1998-99 
1065 Main Street                                                                                                                                        CONFIDENTIAL
Williamstown, MA 01267 U.S.A.
Internet: cde@williams.edu
Fax: (413) 597-4076

FORM B - OFFICIAL NOMINATION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR ADMISSION

(To be filled out by the applicant's supervisor and mailed directly to the Admissions Officer at the address above.)

Note to Supervisor: The Center for Development Economics is interested in candidates with strong talent and adequate prior training in economic and quantitative analysis who have the personal characteristics to use further education effectively in their actual work. To help us identify such candidates, we would appreciate your frank and careful evaluation of the applicant.

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1. Name of applicant

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2. Position of applicant

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3. a) How long have you observed his/her work?

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b) How closely do you observe the quality of his/her work?

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4. Please describe some distinctively strong aspects of the work he/she has been doing, with examples if possible.

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5. How do you rank him/her among other members of your staff of similar education and experience in the following:

                                                                               Superior          Above Average          Average
                                                                              (top 10%)             (top third)             (middle third)

 a) Competence in economic analysis                    _____                   _____                     _____

b) Competence in quantitative work                      _____                   _____                     _____ 

c) General intellectual capacity                              _____                   _____                     _____

d) Initiative, character, and leadership                 _____                   _____                     _____

6. What is your judgment of the candidate's proficiency in English?

                                                                         Excellent                  Good                     Fair                         Poor
                                                                     (very fluent)         (adequate for       (needs review       (needs intensive
                                                                                                  graduate study)      and practice)                work)

Reading                                                           _____                   _____                    _____                      _____

Writing                                                            _____                   _____                    _____                      _____

Speaking                                                         _____                   _____                    _____                      _____

Understanding                                               _____                   _____                    _____                      _____

7. a) If the applicant is accepted, can he/she secure a leave of absence for 9 to 12 months? yes_____ no_____

 b) If so, will the employee's salary be continued when he/she is on training leave? yes_____ no_____

 c) Can this salary be used in the U.S.? yes_____ no_____

8. a) Can your agency or ministry finance the candidate's costs (see Cost Sheet):

1. Tuition and fees? __________        2. Living expenses at the Center? ___________

3. International transportation? _________

4. Summer program at Economics Institute, Boulder, Colorado? ____________

b) What other organizations is the ministry approaching for financing these costs?

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Signature and title of person recommending this applicant.

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Signature                                                                    Title (Please print or type)

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Name                                                                           Date

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Address

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Fax                                                  Phone                                             Email

Please mail this form to the Admissions Officer. Do not return to the candidate. Thank you very much for your help.