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NSIAD-84-142 1 (1984-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaberr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Administrator Agency For International Development Use Of A Capital Saving Technology Approach In AID's Development Assistance Program During the past decade, high unemployment and short supplies of capital in developing countries created a need for labor intensive development methods and capital saving tools Recognizing this need, the Congress enacted section 107 of the International Deve- lopment and Food Assistance Act of 1975 which au- thorized the Agency for International Develop- ment (AID) to support a new and expanded private effort to develop and disseminate capital saving techno- logies appropriate for developing countries AID acted to implement the congressional directive in the late 1 970s but has not maintained its earlier emphasis on promoting this technology as one approach to develop- ment Staff uncertainty over the importance AID gives capital saving technology in relation to its other key initiatives may result in its missing opportunities to apply this concept GAO believes that, since AID continues to endorse capital saving technology as one approach to development, it could take a number of actions at little cost which would re-emphasize the role of capital saving techno- logy in developing countries and facilitate application of the concept by Agency staff 00 m L4 Z J of L)i7 124787 GAO/NSIAD-84-142 JULY 26, 1984

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