Energy Planning in Developing Countries: The Role of Microcomputers

Peter Meier

Natural Resources Forum, 1985, vol. 9, issue 1, 41-52

Abstract: Microcomputers are beginning to be used for energy analysis in many developing countries, and have the potential for making a significant contribution to the resolution of difficult analytical and data problems, and to improving communications between analyst and decision‐maker. Successful introduction of a microcomputer based on analytical capability, however, requires attention to several important factors in order to avoid the mistakes of the earlier mainframe computer era. This paper reviews the key issues of matching models to staff capabilities, of training, and of the operating environment, based on the author's first‐hand experience with microcomputer projects in Uruguay, Haiti and Sri Lanka.

Date: 1985
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