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New York Times Opinionator: Making Change Happen, on a Deadline, 2011-Sep-29, by Tina Rosenberg

While Rapid Results can produce dramatic changes in 100 days, questions remain about day 101. Sustainability has always been the weak point of development work, whose symbol might well be the lonely water pump, abandoned for lack of a $3 part. Even a successful Rapid Results team is going to move on to other priorities after 100 days, and it will always be tempting to cut corners — or whole sides — to make the deadline. Next week, I’ll respond to reader comments and discuss how Rapid Results’ architects are grappling with the challenge of not just achieving results, but making them last.