Well... I'm not from the 1st world education but for me, technological advancement in general & not only here in Qatar should focus on environment friendly innovation. Like in architecture there's what you call green architecture & by using that concept a building can achieved sustainability even though there are more factors concerned but for the sake of the argument let's just concentrate on green architecture. For example a building with this kind of design concept will provide ways on conserving energy by using natural light ventilation, passive cooling & etc... thus limiting energy consumption which in turn creates extra budget that can be utilize either for maintenance or extra man power but of course depends on the client...