e) The liberal Importation of technology with the aim of encouraging technology transfer and adaptation. f) The granting of scholarships for science and technology both home and abroad. These and many other achievements In the establishment of science and technology Infrastructure were never spelt out In any specific science and technology plan. THE .APPROACH Within the review period, Ghana's science and technology planning and management was ptural tstlc In character. The Ministry of Economic Planning and Finance played the over-a! 1 coordinating and regulatory role In national planning and management. Inputs were made by the key ministries of agriculture. health, Industry. transport and communications. rural development and others and resources were assigned to each policy sector. It Is significant to note that there was never a Ministry of Science and Technology charged with the overal 1 direction of science and technology pol Icy and act~vlty. By 1968, when the Councl I for Scientific and Industrial Research was formed to coordinate alI research programmes and activity, the following understanding was reached. "As the central national research organization, the CSIR serves as the scientific and technical arm of the Government and undertakes research on problems referred to It by the various Ministries; the Ministries or their agencies pass on their scientific problems referred to the appropriate Institutes of the Council and these Institutes are expected to take account of these problems In the preparation of their research programmes. The usual machinery for doing this Is through representation of the Ministries on the appropriate management. Boards of the Institutes or on various technical committees." It was thought that by making the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research responsible to the Minister charged with Development Planning, this would automatically ensure that scientific and technological research Is closely geared to national development programmes. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the development of science and technology infrastructure in Ghana, highlighting the lack of a specific plan and the coordination role played by the Ministry of Economic Planning and Finance. It also mentions the formation of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and its relationship with various ministries. The text seems to be focused on the development of science and technology as a means to support national development, rather than a specific sector or industry.

**Category**
Science and technology, Economic development