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howa renewable energy source helped this community and neighboring ones that had no communication with the ‘outside world’ while members of the Nueva Alianza community indicate that the rest of theworldwas ‘out of communication with them’. The unity and strength the families already had certainly enabled the developmentof theDREandproductiveuseprojects,but itcanalsobesaid that the development of these projects strengthened their bonds evenmore. 11.9 Conditions,Circumstances andConsiderations To summarize, and as analysed throughout, there are several characteristics that indicate the triple objective is possible: 1. Communities inwhichadaptationgoalsarebeingmetarecommunities inwhich, more often thannot, development goals are also beingmet. 2. Communities in which there is a governance structure, or some form of com- munityparticipation,will bebetter able to copewith anatural disaster thanone in which there isn’t. Projects that are not communal from the outset and beginning with community participation since the planning phases will most likely not be able tomeet the triple objective (GEF2006;Reddy et al. 2006) 3. Soundand site specific technical designsandappropriateoperationandmainte- nance protocols that follow safety and quality codes and standards enable the triple objective. 4. Socializationneeds tobeconsideredatwo-waylearningprocessandcommunity involvement andparticipationought to happen from thebeginning (GEF2006) 5. Monitoring and evaluation are essential. 11.9.1 Implications forPolicy, Practice and/orResearch BelowIlistaseriesofpolicyrecommendations thatcanhelpputDREprojectsona path in which they can simultaneously achieve the triple objective, taking into consideration the cross-cutting elements necessary to success. 1. Disaster reconstruction programs are implemented in a considerably shorter periodof time thandevelopment and rural electrificationprograms.This causes basicsocialization,communityparticipation,andtrainingtobecutshortbecause of timing and/or budget constraints. Recognizing that there are projects and infrastructure thatneed tobe implemented in theshort term,andthat thepriority is tobenefit the largestnumberofpeople, themainpolicy recommendation is to ensure that reconstruction programs be designed to respond to future extreme climateeventsandotherhazards to increase thecommunity’sadaptivecapacity. 2. Policymakers andgovernments tend to relate the energy sector in general, and renewableenergyprojects inparticular, toonlyclimatechangemitigationgoals. 208 D.Ley