Aid to developing countries: the technology/ecology fit Page: 43
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Projects that rely heavily on the technology/ecology fit, therefore,
must be designed to accommodate expected but unidentified changes.
Short project duration makes it difficult to introduce technologies or
implement projects gradually, and presents a serious obstacle to making
mid term corrections in response to monitoring and evaluation. And, too,
measurement of the project's ecological and social soundness may take
much longer than AID's typical three to five year project allows. Where
the research element of a project is particularly prominent, adequate
project length is essential.
Risks to natural resource systems and development assistance
recipients may be reduced where projects include an extended technical
planning phase, a gradual phasing in period for adaptation of technology
to the site's ecological and social conditions, and a length commensurate
with achievement of results despite mid term project realignment. Yet,
many constraints work against these approaches. Means to address these
needs include:
1) lengthened budgetary cycle and legislative language
fostering improved project planning;
2) increased investment in development of resource
development planning techniques that can be used by
project officers to ensure consideration of
technology/ecology fit;
3) increased projects with natural resource assessments and
resource development plans as their goals; and/or
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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/m1/50/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.