Marais, Mario AMeyer, I2016-05-162016-05-162015-11Marais, MA and Meyer, I. 2015. Design for sustainability: Countering the drivers of unsustainability in development projects. Journal of Community Informatics, 11(3), pp 1-171712-4441http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1169/1161http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8544Copyright: 2015 CCIRDTDevelopment projects aim to make a difference in communities. Funders often require that the intervention needs to last, or that it needs to effect change that will last, over an extended period of time. In short, a sustainable difference needs to be made and this is an important measure of success. However, there are inherent drivers in the combined system of donors and beneficiaries that counter sustainability. This article explores these drivers, and identifies project design elements that need to be in place in order to promote sustainability by countering the drivers. This approach is applied to an education project, and implications for ICT4D projects are developed.enInformation and Communications Technology for Development projectsICT4D ProjectsProject-level DriversSustainabilitySystemic driversArticleMarais, M. A., & Meyer, I. (2015). Design for sustainability: Countering the drivers of unsustainability in development projects. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8544Marais, Mario A, and I Meyer "Design for sustainability: Countering the drivers of unsustainability in development projects." (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8544Marais MA, Meyer I. Design for sustainability: Countering the drivers of unsustainability in development projects. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8544.TY - Article AU - Marais, Mario A AU - Meyer, I AB - Development projects aim to make a difference in communities. Funders often require that the intervention needs to last, or that it needs to effect change that will last, over an extended period of time. In short, a sustainable difference needs to be made and this is an important measure of success. However, there are inherent drivers in the combined system of donors and beneficiaries that counter sustainability. This article explores these drivers, and identifies project design elements that need to be in place in order to promote sustainability by countering the drivers. This approach is applied to an education project, and implications for ICT4D projects are developed. DA - 2015-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Information and Communications Technology for Development projects KW - ICT4D Projects KW - Project-level Drivers KW - Sustainability KW - Systemic drivers LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 1712-4441 T1 - Design for sustainability: Countering the drivers of unsustainability in development projects TI - Design for sustainability: Countering the drivers of unsustainability in development projects UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8544 ER -