Costs and Benefits of Agricultural Research: State of the Art and Implications for the CGIAR

Paper by two professors of economics affiliated with Purdue University, commissioned by the CGIAR Secretariat. The authors review existing methods of assessing and monitoring the impact and cost effectiveness of agricultural research, and identify methods the CGIAR might use to its advantage. Discussed in draft at the CGIAR meeting in November 1977, and in this version at the CGIAR meeting November 1978