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Sustainability testing for development projects

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  • Jan Servaes
  • Emily Polk
  • Song Shi
  • Danielle Reilly
  • Thanu Yakupitijage

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The term sustainability has grown increasingly popular as development experts seek to measure the long-term impacts of their projects. Although there is no commonly agreed definition of sustainability, the word has become a common catchphrase. It is often used to describe the desired goal of lasting change within institutions, communities, and projects. We provide a tool to aid in the evaluation of the sustainability of development projects. We have applied our indicators to two specific projects to demonstrate their utility.Mise à l'épreuve de la durabilité pour les projets de développementLe terme « durabilité » est devenu de plus en plus populaire, à mesure que les experts du développement cherchent à mesurer les impacts à long terme de leurs projets. Bien qu'il n'existe pas de définition commune de « durabilité » ce terme est devenu un slogan très répandu. Il est souvent employé pour décrire le but souhaité de changements durables au sein d'institutions, de communautés et de projets. Nous proposons un outil destiné à faciliter l'évaluation de la durabilité des projets de développement. Nous avons appliqué nos indicateurs à deux projets précis pour en démontrer l'utilité.Teste de sustentabilidade para projetos de desenvolvimentoO termo sustentabilidade tem se tornado cada vez mais popular quando especialistas em desenvolvimento buscam medir os impactos de longo prazo de seus projetos. Embora não haja uma definição comumente estabelecida para o termo sustentabilidade, ele tem se tornado um termo da moda. Ele é frequentemente utilizado para descrever o objetivo pretendido de mudança duradoura dentro das instituições, comunidades e projetos. Fornecemos uma ferramenta para auxiliar na avaliação da sustentabilidade de projetos de desenvolvimento. Temos aplicado nossos indicadores em dois projetos específicos para demonstrar sua utilidade.Pruebas de sostenibilidad en proyectos de desarrolloEl término sostenibilidad se utiliza cada vez más ya que los profesionales del desarrollo buscan medir los efectos de largo plazo de sus proyectos. Sin una definición precisa de sostenibilidad, la palabra se ha vuelto un lugar común. A menudo se emplea para describir un objetivo de cambio perdurable en instituciones, comunidades y proyectos. Los autores del ensayo ofrecen una herramienta que ayuda a medir la sostenibilidad de los proyectos de desarrollo y aplican sus indicadores a dos proyectos concretos para mostrar su utilidad.

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  • Jan Servaes & Emily Polk & Song Shi & Danielle Reilly & Thanu Yakupitijage, 2012. "Sustainability testing for development projects," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 18-30, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:22:y:2012:i:1:p:18-30
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2012.634177
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