curate reports have been issued by ECA. In the absence of alter­ native means of assessinf progress in the implementation of the programme, all African countries should be aware of the need to provide such information on time. 93 E/ECA /Ci:. 9/5 218. F~fthly, i'!hile technical consultative meetinps have sc far prove~ ~c be the ~est effective means of motilizinr technical and financi ·~1 · res cu rces f cr irr:ple~r.entinr the prcrra1r.me, s orne African countries have i'aile d t c sen c rer· resentati ves to these rneetinrs, with the res~lt that their national anc scme subrericnal projects coulc ~ct be 6i~cusse~. cr accurste infcr~r.tion on therr: obtained. Future rerresentaticn at these rneetinrs is therefore crucial for all ccu:-:tris conernee. 219. Lastly, w~.ile the Global [:tratery anc over-all objectives of the rrcpramme have been clearlJ ane unambipuously establishea, there is nc establishec methc6 of verifyinf the success of the prorrar.-:me in terms of substantive t ransrort paramet-::rs such as the actual Irovernent of freirht ana pasl'lenrers, ths number of vehicJt:s, anc so on. In6eec1, tbe Global Stratery anc objectives are or:ly means to anci en~; the actual increase in movet1ents of freirht ant/or rassenrers firectly or in(irectly attritutable to the prvcrarnt'le is the ultirr:ate measure of its success. Unless specific measure~r.ent variables are ilentifie6 ane base-year data determinec, it will be difficult if not imnossible to Ftate un­ equivocally that movements of roods anc1 pass~nrers have increased aver any peri cc as a ci rect result of the improvement of tranf"-:-:ort anc ccmrmnications infrEstructure throueh tt>e prorram­ me. It is therefore imperative for a meanineful dat& base of tram:rcrt statistics in all the rnoces tc be establisher as soon as rossible- certainly no later than the early part of phase II tc permit eventual co~rarative analysis cf the success of the 