documentation and organization for the Round Table Conference, ITNDP provided funding of $290,000; (b) In order to improve the managerial skill of various governnent offici-als, uNDP supported a project at the cost of $500,000 meant to provide technical assist.ance to the tiberian Institute of Public Administrat.ion; (c) UNDP also provided support to a project of Assistance in Development Planning at a cost of $1r018,000, in order to strengthen the capability of planning units in various ministries, and to upgrade the professional capability of Liberian planning personnel. 267. TNCTAD is implementing a project entitled "support to debt management'r at a total cost of $109,268 for the period t98l-I985, funded by UNDP. 268. UNFPATs activities in Liberia continued to run smoothty in 1984. The census enumeration was executed on schedule in February 1984. Data Processing is now under way and provisional resulta are expected in the very near future. This project has successfully developed local expertisei except for the cartographic expert, the census has been entirely the responsibility of Liberians. The MCH/FP project has been revised to emphasize service delivery and st,atistics and rdas onA/40/439 Eng li sh Page 43 schedule in 1984. A consultant assisted in setting up and running the service statistics scheme and in training service delivery workers, and a national consultant produced a service nanual for field use. The Goverrunent's reguesE for UNFPA assistance for two years was approved. The economic and financial sieuation has made it difficult for the Governnent Eo assume managerial and financial control of the project. However, it has shown its conmitment by providing counterpart staff and taking advantage of all available training to make t,hem more efficient. In October 1983, tbe Government and UNDP convened a donors' meeting where the Governrnent pledged to improve financial management. UNFPA foresees the need to
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing various development projects and initiatives in Liberia, focusing on government administration, planning, and statistics. It mentions funding from UNDP and UNFPA, which suggests a focus on development aid and humanitarian assistance. The text also touches on themes of capacity building, technical assistance, and service delivery, which are common in the fields of education, health, and humanitarian aid.

**Category**
Health, Education, Humanitarian aid and relief