Mid-level technology, often the most suitable level for economic development. Chinese aid projects in Africa, for example, consist largely of intermediate technology: Chinese workers are paid at local rates, train their local equivalents, and aim to leave projects in a state where they can be locally managed, operated, and maintained so that even the spare parts could be locally produced (Mawdsley (2007) Geog. Compass 1, 3). The Intermediate Technology Group is now called Practical Action.