Sustainability testing for development projects

Author(s)
Servaes, Jan
Polk, Emily
Shi, Song
Reilly, Danielle
Yakupitijage, Thanu
Publication date
2012-02-01
Subject
Approach and methodology
Keywords
Development methods
Research methods
Development in Practice Journal
DiP

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/270056
DOI
10.1080/09614524.2012.634177
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
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.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>
Pages
12
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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