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4 Conditions Internal to Development Assistance
Organizations
that Perpetuate Inappropriate Technology Choice
Introduction
Some causes for inappropriate technology choices are perpetuated
by development assistance agencies themselves. Other, generally more
powerful causes for poor technology decisions are problems of values,
personnel resources, economic and bureaucratic structures, and
economic/financial constraints that exist in developing countries.
However, technical, financial, and analytical assistance profoundly
influence policies and technology decisions in developing countries.
Thus, conditions internal to development assistance agencies can be
significant contributing causes of development success or failure.
Although perceptions differ as to appropriate modes of
development assistance, a remarkable consensus exists on the major
internal factors that constrain an assistance organization's ability to match
technologies to development site environmental conditions. A major
constraint has been a lack of internal commitment to the concept that
renewable resource conservation is a necessary condition for development
success. AID, the World Bank and other multilateral development banks
(MDBs), and Federal agencies with international activities, have
individuals strongly committed to the importance of integrating
conservation and development However, for most development officers
this has not been a high priority. Policies and procedures addressing
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United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Aid to developing countries: the technology/ecology fit, report, June 1987; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39872/m1/29/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.