August 11, 2008
The burden of Africa’s poverty
Posted by: Thinker : Category: News
By Mammo Muchie In Africa, research and knowledge are far from being ivory-tower pursuits. They are critical to making poverty history and preparing countries to cope with disasters. However, to achieve this, research should be understood not just as a source of new information. Research is also a process that trains people to create solutions. Africa needs a strong pan-continental community of researchers to discover resourceful, timely ways to deal with the many causes of poverty. This requires the development of strong research universities - institutions with a strong emphasis on graduate research, as opposed to undergraduate teaching, and where graduates are taught by lecturers who…
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