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Strengthening the Capacity for Research Implementation 
As mentioned above, the NMIMR has acquired the capacity to conduct research that 
enables it to be an equal partner in collaborative research with foreign institutes 
through the technical transfer and infrastructure development supported by Japan.  
This capacity has also enabled the NMIMR to continuously obtain research grants 
from foreign institutes as well as to strengthen the financial base of the NMIMR. 
The financial resources of the NMIMR consist of the budget allocations from the GoG, 
research grant from foreign institutes, and earnings from income-generating activities.   
The NMIMR relies for its development expenditures on grants from foreign donors.     

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The budget allocation from The GoG covers recurrent expenditures such as personnel 
costs, administrative costs, and investment (repair) costs.  The GoG also allocates 
servicess cost when the GoG requests the NMIMR to provide a laboratory service.  
Personnel costs accounted for 80 to 90% of the total budget allocation from the GoG 
during the period between 1997 and 2003.    Due to inflation, personnel costs increased 
by about 30% per year, thus the budget allocation from the GoG increased from 775 
million Cedis in 1997 to 4,506 Cedis in 2003.(see Table 4.16).