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Marcelo Giugale, the World Bank's Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programs for Africa, offers a combination of measures that every government should have in place to help citizens get a good deal from their resources.

Papers document William and Sarah Dager's experiences as missionaries in West Africa, 1909-1916 and include correspondence, personal reports, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous items. Of particular value are undated, and presumably unpublished, manuscripts which reflect their observations on West African life and culture.

The gorillas of Rio Muni have been very heavily exploited in order to obtain specimens for zoological parks and research centres. During 30 months (September 1966 to February 1969) 34 young gorillas were shown to have been captured in Rio Muni: This figure was increased by 29 which were killed in the process of capturing the young; thus 63 were verified as having been eliminated from the wild during that time.

A physician from Spain devotes his life to treating patients in a small village in Africa. Despite the lack of modern medical equipment and personal amenities, he finds satisfaction in caring for patients who would otherwise go without medical treatment.