I am wary of looking at a tally... --- ...of 'numbers of local economic agents', or most of the detailed numerical data you give....It leads people to focus on numbers and not the real substantive promotional work....We will then have in political work, 'number of new local contacts' and the rest.....Unintentionally, it gives the wrong tilt to Embassy tasks. People then focus on getting the top numerical target, alas.

Source author: Kishan S Rana kishanrana@gmail.com