The Chair and Panel Members wish to express their grateful appreciation to the Board, management and staff of CIAT for their open, full and frank cooperation throughout the Review. The accommodation at CIAT was excellent and travel arrangements for visits to country programmes outstanding. Panel members felt at home both in CIAT headquarters and during the country visits.
Mr Robert Havener, Interim Director General, Dr William Scowcroft, Deputy Director General, Research and Dr Fritz Kramer, Deputy Director General, Finance and Administration, Dr Gerardo Habich, Associate Director, Institutional Relations and Dr Douglas Pachico, Associate Director, Natural Resource Management, fully cooperated with the TAC and CGIAR Secretariats throughout the Review from the planning stages to the completion of the report. Dr Habich deserves singling out as CIAT's point of contact with the Review, his willingness and flexibility in accommodating our various requests was deeply appreciated. With the need to find a replacement Panel Chair and the loss of the Panel Secretary for the main phase, all deserve our special thanks for their tolerance and understanding.
We are grateful to Ms. Ann Drummond of the TAC Secretariat for her excellent work in the typing and preparation of this report. She was most ably assisted in her task by Ms Gloria Posada, Margarita Pulgarin, Martha Reyes, Rebecca Bolanos and Vilma Ceron. We have a special word for Ms Maria Eugenia Cobo, CIAT's Coordinator of Conference Rooms. Our further thanks go to Carlos Meneses, Manuel Caldas and Carlos Alberto Ospina for keeping our machines in good order, also to Cesar Otero, David Salgado, Alcidiades Orozco and Adriano Romero for their assistance.
